<div dir="ltr">I'm getting taken to the woodshed for not having posted this information here. So here it is.<div><br></div><div>The Illinois House and Senate are considering bills that would punish companies that "boycott Israel" by barring them from receiving state contracts. The bills define "boycott Israel" to include "boycott Israeli settlements in the West Bank." That is, the bills de facto endorse the Israeli annexation of the West Bank. According to the bills, "Israeli settlements in the West Bank" equal "Israel."</div><div><br></div><div>The legislation is opposed by the Illinois ACLU on constitutional and free speech grounds. </div><div><br></div><div>The legislation is likely to be voted on by Friday because that is the end of the current legislative session. </div><div><br></div><div>We have a MoveOn petition here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/illinois-dont-support?source=c.em&r_by=1135580">http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/illinois-dont-support?source=c.em&r_by=1135580</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>We have a call alert here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/illinois-boycott-call">http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/illinois-boycott-call</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Illinois ACLU statement is here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://palestinelegalsupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ACLU-IL-OPPOSE-SB1761-2.pdf">http://palestinelegalsupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ACLU-IL-OPPOSE-SB1761-2.pdf</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>CAIR Chicago's alert is here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.cairchicago.org/2015/04/20/action-alert-dont-let-illinois-penalize-human-rights-boycotts-of-israel/">http://www.cairchicago.org/2015/04/20/action-alert-dont-let-illinois-penalize-human-rights-boycotts-of-israel/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>===</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><div><span style="text-align:left">(202) 448-2898 x1</span><br></div><div><span style="text-align:left"><br></span></div></div></div></div>
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