Israel Passes Sweeping Anti-Boycott Law, Making a Form of Nonviolent

[High Priest Mac Friday]

Israel has passed a law outlawing citizens from advocating for boycotts against any Israeli person or entity. The law is drawing criticism as an attack on freedom of speech.  Israel has passed a new law outlawing citizens and organizations from advocating for boycotts against any Israeli person or entity. The law is drawing criticism from around the world as an attack on freedom of speech. Under the new law, any person, including journalists, calling for the boycott or divestment of Israel or the occupied West Bank can be sued by the boycott’s targets without having to prove that they sustained damage. Israeli legislator Avraham Michaeli supported the law, saying that any call for a boycott is an act of "tortuous malice." AVRAHAM MICHAELI:[/B] [translated] Boycotts are liable to harm business, cultural and academic activities of those subject to the boycotts, and inflict heavy damage, both financial and repetitional on them. In order to prevent such damage, it is proposed that knowingly publishing a call for any sort of boycott on anyone because of their links to state of Israel will be considered an act of tortuous malice subject to tort regulations. AMY GOODMAN:[/B] But dozens of Israeli lawmakers voted against the measure, including Nitzan Horowitz. Horowitz said, "We are dealing with a legislation that is an embarrassment to Israeli democracy and makes people around the world wonder if there is actually a democracy here." Prominent Israeli columnist Ben Caspit, who opposes boycotts, denounced the new legislation, writing, "This is a blatant and a resounding shutting of people’s mouths. This is a thought police. There is no choice but to use this word. Fascism at its worst is raging," he wrote. The Jewish daily newspaper, <em>The Forward</em>, issued an editorial claiming "a boycott can be a legitimate use of non-violent protest to achieve a worthy goal." The editors of the paper then drew a line through the sentence, along with several others, to illustrate the type of reasonable thoughts that will be punishable under the new law.http://www.alternet.org/world/151796/is ... m_illegal/
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[Sequoia]

I think we're going to hear more and more reports of this sort of thing as Israel finds it increasingly difficult to "hold it together" and desperation sets in.

How they can call that sink-hole a democracy is astounding. Amnesty International has been on their case for several years now because of human trafficking and slavery (apparently slavery is legal under Israeli law so long as the slave is not a jew! Imagine!) & Human Rights Watch and probably other groups have been monitoring it as well.

The whole thing is starting to come apart at the seams, and not a moment too soon.

--- In [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], High Priest Mac Friday <macfriday@... wrote:

Israel has passed a law outlawing citizens from
advocating for boycotts against any Israeli person or entity. The law is
drawing criticism as an attack on freedom of speech.
 Israel
has passed a new law outlawing citizens and organizations from advocating for
boycotts against any Israeli person or entity. The law is drawing criticism
from around the world as an attack on freedom of speech. Under the new law, any
person, including journalists, calling for the boycott or divestment of Israel
or the occupied West Bank can be sued by the boycott’s targets without having
to prove that they sustained damage. Israeli legislator Avraham Michaeli
supported the law, saying that any call for a boycott is an act of
"tortuous malice."
AVRAHAM MICHAELI: [translated] Boycotts are liable to harm
business, cultural and academic activities of those subject to the boycotts,
and inflict heavy damage, both financial and repetitional on them. In order to
prevent such damage, it is proposed that knowingly publishing a call for any
sort of boycott on anyone because of their links to state of Israel will be
considered an act of tortuous malice subject to tort regulations.
AMY GOODMAN: But dozens of Israeli lawmakers voted against
the measure, including Nitzan Horowitz. Horowitz said, "We are dealing
with a legislation that is an embarrassment to Israeli democracy and makes
people around the world wonder if there is actually a democracy here."
Prominent Israeli
columnist Ben Caspit, who opposes boycotts, denounced the new legislation,
writing, "This is a blatant and a resounding shutting of people’s mouths.
This is a thought police. There is no choice but to use this word. Fascism at
its worst is raging," he wrote.
The Jewish daily
newspaper, The Forward, issued an
editorial claiming "a boycott can be a legitimate use of non-violent
protest to achieve a worthy goal." The editors of the paper then drew a
line through the sentence, along with several others, to illustrate the type of
reasonable thoughts that will be punishable under the new law.
http://www.alternet.org/world/151796/is ... m_illegal/

 
Cordially,


PRAISE THE Mighty 4 Crowns of Duat!


Knowledge cant be rushed, it is power so you must accept and embrace it.
-High Priest Mac Friday


High Priest Mac Friday
Joy Of Satan Ministries


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