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Exploiting the fight against BDS to erase the Green Line?

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cr: Ashraf Hendricks /Anadolu Agenc

Published: 1 April 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Beginning in about 2014, opponents of BDS began promoting legislation denouncing the BDS movement against Israel. In 2015, these efforts expanded in the US towards federal and state legislation giving unprecedented legitimacy and recognition to Israeli settlements by, in effect, making it US policy to treat them as part of Israel, thus exploiting legitimate concerns about BDS to erase the distinction between Israel and the occupied territories. A similar trend is evident in recent Israeli legislation.

Bipartisan bill in House and Senate targets settlement boycotters with fines – Ron Kampeas – The Times of Israel 25.03.17
Senator spearheading Israel anti-boycott bill says DC ‘shouldn’t stand idle’ when foreign bodies try to isolate key ally Israel.

The stealth campaign to use US law to support settlements: in Congress – Americans for Peace Now 24.03.17
The four legislators leading on the most recent bills in Congress have also led on most major legislation of the past two years working to exploit concerns about BDS in order to legislate a conflation between settlements and Israel. This is a record of such efforts to date.

And see:

Inside the clandestine world of Israel’s ‘BDS-busting’ ministry – Uri Blau – Haaretz 26.03.17
The Strategic Affairs Ministry’s leaders see themselves as the heads of a commando unit, gathering and disseminating information about ‘supporters of the delegitimisation of Israel’ – and they prefer their actions be kept secret.

Either stop visiting Israel or stop opposing the occupation? March 14, 2017

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