Israel: prohibidos los "boicots" como medio de protesta

The Knesset passed Monday a law penalizing persons or organizations that boycott Israel or the settlements, by a vote ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ 47 to 38.
According to the law, a person or an organization calling for the boycott ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ Israel, including the settlements, can be sued by the boycott's targets without having to prove that they sustained damage. The court will then decide how much compensation is to be paid. The second part ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ the law says a person or a company that declare a boycott ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ Israel or the settlements will not be able to bid in government tenders.
MK Nitzan Horowitz from Meretz blasted the law, calling it outrageous and shameful. "We are dealing with a legislation that is an embarrassment to Israeli democracy and makes people around the world wonder if there is actually a democracy here," he said. Ilan Gilon, another Meretz MK, said the law would further delegitimize Israel.
Kadima opposition party spokesman said the Netanyahu government is damaging Israel. "Netanyahu has crossed a red line ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ political foolishness today and national irresponsibility, knowing the meaning ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ the law and it's severity, while giving in to the extreme right that is taking over the Likkud."

On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held discussions with Speaker ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ the Knesset, Reuven Rivlin and MK Elkin. The three discussed whether to have the Knesset vote on the law on Monday, a day after MK Dan Meridor warned that approving the law on the same day ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ the Quartet meeting may cause damage to Israel. Before midnight on Sunday the prime minister's office announced there is no reason to delay the vote.
Before the vote, the Knesset's legal adviser, attorney Eyal Yanon, published a legal assessment saying parts ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ the law edge towards "illegality and perhaps beyond." He went on to warn that the law "damages the core ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ freedom ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ expression in Israel." Yanon's assessment contradicts that ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, who said the bill is legal.

Peace Now movement announced Monday it opened a Facebook page calling for a boycott ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ products that come from the settlements. On Tuesday it plans to launch a national campaign, with the aim ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ convincing tens ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ thousands ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ people to support the boycott.

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The United States adopted two anti-boycott laws that seek to counteract the participation ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ U.S. citizens in other nation's economic boycotts or embargoes (although these laws do not restrict the ability to engage in disinvestment campaigns.) These laws are the 1977 amendments to the Export Administration Act (EAA) and the Ribicoff Amendment to the 1976 Tax Reform Act (TRA). The antiboycott provisions ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) apply to all "U.S. persons," defined to include individuals and companies located in the United States and their foreign affiliates, and prohibit them to participate in unsanctioned boycotts against other nations, punishable by fines ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ up to $50,000 or five times the value ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ the exports involved[19] or jail term ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ up to 10 years.[20]
Conduct that may be penalized under the TRA and/or prohibited under the EAR includes:

• Agreements to refuse or actual refusal to do business with or in Israel or with blacklisted companies.
• Agreements to discriminate or actual discrimination against other persons based on race, religion, ***, national origin or nationality.
• Agreements to furnish or actual furnishing ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ information about business relationships with or in Israel or with blacklisted companies.
• Agreements to furnish or actual furnishing ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ information about the race, religion, ***, or national origin ************SPAM/BANNEAR************ another person.

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Luis E. dijo:

La Ley paso por voto de 38 a 43, en un Congreso democratico "unico" en el medio oriente. Los rechiflaron fueron los "chancletos israelies", como Meretz -que por cierto en ese sistema democratico tienen representacion parlamentaria. Seria bueno que algun chacleto me explicara porque es anti demorcatica. Ahora lo de la flotilla nada que ver con esto. La flotilla es solo para hacer alborotos y provocaciones. ¿Quieren ver el desastre humanitario en Gaza? -muy bien vayan a google y teclen Gaza new malls o Gaza shopping o Gaza's Restaurants etc. Tambien Gaza Gold market.

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