<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><a href="http://forward.com/fast-forward/377452/moveonorg-calls-on-progressives-to-kill-anti-bds-bill/" target="_blank">http://forward.com/fast-<wbr>forward/377452/moveonorg-<wbr>calls-on-progressives-to-kill-<wbr>anti-bds-bill/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Moveon.org Calls On Progressives To KIll Anti-BDS Bill</div><div><div>July 20, 2017 By JTA<br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.375rem;padding:0px;font-family:FreightSans-Medium,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.75rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">(<a href="http://jta.org/" title="" style="box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;color:rgb(0,149,216);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">JTA</a>) — An influential progressive political action committee denounced a bipartisan measure targeting boycotts of Israel and its settlements.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.375rem;padding:0px;font-family:FreightSans-Medium,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.75rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">MoveOn.org, an influential liberal public policy advocacy group and PAC that raises money for progressive political candidates, criticized the Israel Anti-Boycott Act on Twitter.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.375rem;padding:0px;font-family:FreightSans-Medium,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.75rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">“Regardless how you feel about BDS, Congress must reject action to criminalize free speech and peaceful protest. The Democrats in House and Senate must say no to H.R. 1697/S. 720,” MoveOn.org <a href="https://twitter.com/moveon/status/887766165497405440" title="" style="box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;color:rgb(0,149,216);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">tweeted</a>, referring to the House and Senate versions of the bill.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.375rem;padding:0px;font-family:FreightSans-Medium,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.75rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">“Free speech and peaceful protest are integral to democracy,” the group added.</p><div class="m_1228748114172390356gmail-row" style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0px;max-width:none;margin:0px auto;width:auto;min-width:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:FreightSans-Medium,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:19px"></div><blockquote class="m_1228748114172390356gmail-share-cta" style="box-sizing:inherit;quotes:none;font-size:1.875rem;line-height:1.3;font-family:PreloSlab-Bold,Georgia,serif;color:rgb(17,28,36);padding-left:18px;margin:0px 0px 1.375rem"> Regardless how you feel about BDS, Congress must reject action to criminalize free speech & peaceful protest (1/3) — MoveOn.org (@MoveOn) <a href="https://twitter.com/MoveOn/status/887766165497405440" title="" style="box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;color:rgb(91,91,91);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">July 19, 2017</a> </blockquote><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.375rem;padding:0px;font-family:FreightSans-Medium,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.75rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The bill, introduced in March in both the House and the Senate, would expand 1970s-era laws that make illegal compliance with boycotts of Israel sponsored by governments — laws inspired at the time by the Arab League boycott of Israel, to include boycotts backed by international organizations. Those adhering to boycotts would be subject to fines.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.375rem;padding:0px;font-family:FreightSans-Medium,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.75rem;color:rgb(51,51,51)">It also targets efforts by the United Nations and the European Union to distinguish between products manufactured in Israel and West Bank settlements.</p></div><div>===</div><div><br></div><div><div class="m_1228748114172390356gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div class="m_1228748114172390356gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><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"><a href="tel:(202)%20448-2898" value="+12024482898" target="_blank">(202) 448-2898 x1</a></span><br></div><div><span style="text-align:left"><br></span></div><div>Force Roll Calls on Davidson-Nolan Bars to U.S. Role in Saudi War in Yemen<br></div><div><a href="https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/force-roll-calls-on-davidson?r_by=1135580" target="_blank">https://petitions.moveon.org/<wbr>sign/force-roll-calls-on-<wbr>davidson?r_by=1135580</a><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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