[Peace] JFP alert: With ACLU, MoveOn: Oppose Bills Criminalizing Free Speech Against Settlements

[Robert Naiman]

here's our alert on the "anti-boycott" [sic] bills

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From: Just Foreign Policy <info at justforeignpolicy.org>
Date: Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 3:30 PM
Subject: With ACLU, MoveOn: Oppose Bills Criminalizing Free Speech Against
Settlements
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Dear Robert,

Urge your reps to join ACLU & MoveOn in opposing S.720 & H.R.1697.

Take Action
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The *ACLU* has written to Congress urging opposition to pending bills that
seek to *criminalize* advocacy of boycotts against Israeli settlements in
the West Bank. The ACLU warned that proponents of the bills are "seeking
additional co-sponsors," and explained that the bills would *"punish
individuals for no reason other than their political beliefs."* [1]

*MoveOn* has joined the ACLU's opposition to the bills. "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 said. “Free speech and peaceful protest are
integral to democracy." [2]

S.720 & H.R.1697 would *erase the distinction in U.S. law* between Israel
and Israeli settlements in the West Bank and *make it illegal* for U.S.
companies to boycott or otherwise discriminate against Israeli settlements
in the West Bank based on calls by the United Nations or the European
Union. [3]

*Urge your Senators & Representative to join the ACLU & MoveOn in opposing
these unconstitutional bills by signing our petition
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Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,

Robert Naiman, Avram Reisman, and Sarah Burns
Just Foreign Policy

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References:
1. https://theintercept.com/2017/07/19/u-s-lawmakers-seek-to-cr
iminally-outlaw-support-for-boycott-campaign-against-israel/
2. http://forward.com/fast-forward/377452/moveonorg-calls-on-
progressives-to-kill-anti-bds-bill/
3. https://peacenow.org/WP/wp-content/uploads/pending-BDS-Confl
ation-bills-in-Congress.pdf

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