<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2528" dir="ltr">This noxious editorial, as well as issues related to Scott Bennett's and Carol Ammons' unwillingness to oppose this racist legislation, will be a topic that I will address on News from Neptune, UPTV, 7 p.m. and later on Youtube, as well as on the World Labor Hour, Saturday at 11 on WEFT. -- DG<br></div><h1 id="page-title">Boycott issue cuts both ways</h1><div id="content-content"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2527"><div id="node-1360366"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2526"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2525"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2524">Fri, 05/22/2015 - 7:00am</span> | <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2549"><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2548" href="http://www.news-gazette.com/author/news-gazette"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2547" color="#0066cc">The News-Gazette</font></a></span></div></span><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2531" dir="ltr"><div class="p402_hide" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2529"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2643"><em id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2642">Turnabout is fair play.</em></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2644">With all the growling and gnashing of teeth going on between Democrats and Republicans in Springfield, some people may have missed the remarkable unanimity that took place on an issue that has received national and international attention.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2645">Both the Illinois House and Senate recently approved legislation to boycott foreign firms that boycott Israel. Gov. Bruce Rauner, who enthusiastically approves, said he looks forward to signing the legislation and "making Illinois first in the nation to fight BDS (boycott, divest, sanction) against Israel."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2661">The measure represents significant push-back against the BDS movement that has found support overseas and on some American university campuses from those who object to Israel's policies in the Middle East, particularly in the Palestinian territories.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2646">Illinois may be the first in the nation to take the approach of boycotting the boycotters, but it's not likely to be the last.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2662">Jacob Baime, executive director of the Israel on Campus Coalition, said he expects "to see this strategy replicated in other states."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2663">"This legislation attaches a cost to engaging in behavior that is contrary to America's interest and America's support for peace in the Middle East. This is a strategy we're likely to see more of," he said.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2647">The legislation bars the state's public pension funds from investing in companies that boycott Israel, even though it's not clear that any of them are currently investing in companies that boycott Israel.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2664">It's to be enforced by requiring companies in which pension funds invest to certify that they are not boycotting Israel. That's an administrative headache to be sure. But the state already requires a similar certification process to ensure that it does not do business with companies that do business with Iran or Sudan.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2665">Frankly, it would be better if disputes of this nature were handled by the appropriate officials at the top of this country's foreign policy establishments.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2687">But proposed boycotts have become a common tactic, especially on college campuses where interest groups push a variety of causes. The gold standard of the boycott movement involved the apartheid government of South Africa, which ultimately fell from power.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2670">But the boycott-the-boycotters movement is a new twist, one that has BDS proponents crying foul.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2669">It's understandable that they would object, but boycott campaigns are and ought to be open to all comers.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2690"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2689" dir="ltr"><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2688" href="http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2015-05-22/boycott-issue-cuts-both-ways.html">http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2015-05-22/boycott-issue-cuts-both-ways.html</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2668"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432302556257_2667"><!-- NG_Stories_MR --><div id="div-gpt-ad-1392329065879-20" style="width: 300px; height: 250px;"><div 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