Laurie Mercier alerts us to the alarming “bipartisan” Senate bill, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S. 720), which has support from Democrats like Maria Cantwell of WA and Ron Wyden of OR. The law would make it a felony for Americans to support the international boycott against Israel, which was launched in protest of that country’s decades-old occupation of Palestine. Pushed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as one of its top lobbying priorities for the year, anyone guilty of violating the prohibitions would face a minimum civil penalty of $250,000 and a maximum criminal penalty of $1 million and 20 years in prison. ACLU posted a letter it sent to all members of the Senate urging them to oppose this bill.
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