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There’s a reason Israel spends so much lobbying money to make boycotting their companies illegal…
There’s a bill passing through the British parliament right now.
Where is boycotting “illegal?”
A lot of places, to varying degrees:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws
Usually in the US more by making it illegal to sign government contracts with any boycotters of Israel, or by preventing public funds from investing into any entities perceived as boycotting Israel. These things could be devastating to any businesses or non profits that work with the government, or any publicly traded companies (due to decreased investment). Technically boycotting Israel in general can’t be made illegal in the US, as that would be a free speech violation.
Interesting. TIL.
So basically in all the countries that are in love with settler colonialism, condemning and boycotting settler colonialism is illegal.
Israel is really against free speech. This law might in the future be used to make BDS a hate crime or some equally perverse analogy like that. Israel will gladly throw away other people’s rights for their own benefit (not least their neighbors’ rights), and they are completely throwing Jews in general under the bus, as it has been from the beginning:
Herzl described [Jewish] opponents of the Zionism he was proposing as “Jewish vermin”
In fact, the more anti-semitism rises in the world, the more Jews will believe they should move to Israel, thus serving the Zionist agenda. Israel might throw America under the bus too, just to get their way.
The current struggle is not Israel vs. Palestine or Israel vs. Hamas but Israel vs. human rights and freedom, and we do have to pick a side.
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
- Elie Wiesel
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Look up AIPAC to start. They can effectively write the rules in the U.S., like this one
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/894/text
Opensecrets.org is a good website to follow political financing too. Check how much Biden got this election cycle.
Someone already linked the Wikipedia article.
But to expound on that, some US states make people sign a pledge to not participate in BDS if they have a job or even just contract with the state.
It’s incredibly fucked up and few people talk about it.
Inside every major contract Missouri signs with a business sits a clause about boycotting Israel.
All but the smallest companies have to agree not to participate in any movement that aims to boycott, divest from or sanction companies in Israel.
Missouri isn’t alone. At least 36 other states have anti-BDS (boycott, divest or sanction) measures that bar state contractors from refusing to do business in Israel, or otherwise boycotting or divesting from the country or its occupied territories.
https://kcbeacon.org/stories/2023/10/24/missouri-anti-bds-israel-contracts/
That would be another FREEDOM ©®™ then?
That is some dystopian shit, what the fuck.
The American Israeli Public Affairs Committee is one of the largest political lobbies in the United States.
I know and I always thought that is bullshit, but making it (for all intends and purposes) illegal to boycot companies from another country is next level. That’s giving away freedoms of your own citizens purely to the advantage of another country. That is insane.
Isn’t it? And it has been going on since long before you and me heard about it. The best we can do for justice is to just spread truths like this, because the only reason injustices like that find so much success is that they are hidden and done in secret.
Not the one you asked but I believe in Germany. Not sure though.
At least they certainly condemn and are* against the boycot movement:
Edit: changed “we” to “are”
The company will be hoping that by taking the Israeli business back “in house” it can restore its reputation in the Middle East and meet its key sales targets once more.
How is this clearly signalling the they’re against Israel in order to appease the boycotters?
Doesn’t seem to matter who owns them technically, if they’re still McDonalds and still there…
Proud of everyone boycotting these companies.
Ironic that boycotting israel is really good for your health and all their companies mostly make junkfood like Coca Cola, Pepsi and Starbucks.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
McDonald’s will buy back all of its Israeli restaurants after sales suffered from a boycott of the brand over its perceived support for Israel.
Alonyal, which is led and owned by chief executive Omri Padan, has operated McDonald’s restaurants in Israel for more than 30 years.
The boycott of McDonald’s was sparked after Muslim-majority countries such as Kuwait, Malaysia and Pakistan issued statements distancing themselves from the firm.
The company will be hoping that by taking the Israeli business back “in house” it can restore its reputation in the Middle East and meet its key sales targets once more.
Much of the Gaza Strip has been devastated during the Israeli military operations that began after Hamas-led gunmen attacked southern Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and seizing 253 hostages.
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