I oppose this bill on principle but this isn't about American citizens boycotting Isreal.
I agree the bill has been misconstrued somewhat. I wasn't sure what it was at first either.
But it is about Americans boycotting "US allies," this is just adding another way to identify foreign boycotts...which certain Americans (I'm guessing this is still about federal contractors and the like) then can't boycott.
So it's not as broad as some people are making it out but, no, it's not targeting foreigners, it's targeting Americans. It just means if, say, the UN, boycotts Israel, Israel goes on the list of things certain Americans are prohibited from boycotting.
At least that's my understanding.
It's also interesting, although it's never quite clear how laws will be applied, but this could stop some people from pointing out, for example, that someone else took money from AIPAC. I'll make a top level comment about that.
I agree the bill has been misconstrued somewhat. I wasn't sure what it was at first either.
But it is about Americans boycotting "US allies," this is just adding another way to identify foreign boycotts...which certain Americans (I'm guessing this is still about federal contractors and the like) then can't boycott.
So it's not as broad as some people are making it out but, no, it's not targeting foreigners, it's targeting Americans. It just means if, say, the UN, boycotts Israel, Israel goes on the list of things certain Americans are prohibited from boycotting.
At least that's my understanding.
It's also interesting, although it's never quite clear how laws will be applied, but this could stop some people from pointing out, for example, that someone else took money from AIPAC. I'll make a top level comment about that.