CounterSpin interview with Josh Ruebner on BDS bans JANINE JACKSON Janine Jackson interviewed Josh Ruebner about BDS bans for the February 1, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: The New York Times doesn’t say exactly what’s in the provision Senate Republicans added to legislation on Middle East security policy, only that it aims to curtail support for […]
Ma’an News Agency WASHINGTON (Ma’an) — The United States Senate voted down in a cloture vote, on Tuesday, a bill aimed at fighting boycott of Israel spearheaded by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Republican Senators Marco Rubio, James Risch, Cory Gardner, and Mitch McConnell proposed the Senate’s first 2019 bill, S.B.1, “Strengthening America’s […]
Nora Barrows-Friedman Lobby Watch 10 December 2018 US lawmakers could rush two bills into law that aim to silence and criminalize Palestine rights advocacy. The legislation – the Israel Anti-Boycott Act and the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act – could be tacked on to a spending bill, evading debate on the House and Senate floors. End-of-year spending bills are usually thousands of pages […]
Peter Feld Pro-Palestine and free speech activists who have been mobilizing against the Israel Anti-Boycott Act are sounding an alarm about rumors of a secret attempt this week to slip the legislation, which the ACLU has declared unconstitutional even in its revised form, into the must-pass House spending bill. Despite having 292 House cosponsors and […]
Michelle Bachelet may release report naming Israeli businesses that work in settlements By James Reinl NEW YORK, United States – The UN’s new human rights chief Michelle Bachelet faces a tough decision when she starts work next month: whether to release a controversial list of some 200 businesses that operate in Israeli settlements and risk alienating an […]
Rachel Oswald Party voices in favor of Palestinian rights, BDS are getting louder On the surface, it looks like the U.S.-Israel relationship is having its best year ever. In May, President Donald Trump fulfilled Israel’s dream of moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and his administration is preparing a Middle East peace plan that will […]
Alex Emmons June 28 2018, 4:02 p.m. THE HOUSE COMMITTEE on Foreign Affairs unanimously passed a measure on Thursday that would give the Trump administration power to decide how to punish U.S. companies that engage in or promote boycotts of Israel — including through criminal penalties. The committee passed an amendment by voice vote from Rep. Ed […]
New map will help activists engage with their lawmakers and local representatives about Israeli abuses against Palestinians, organisers say By Dalia Hatuqa WASHINGTON – Across the US, states are struggling to meet vital national needs, from infrastructure investment to schooling, food security to healthcare and housing. In 2017, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) […]
Politicians at the federal and state levels must reject AIPAC’s unconstitutional efforts to suppress the BDS movement. by Josh Ruebner 15 Mar 2018 The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) concluded its annual policy conference last week with a lobbying day on Capitol Hill. High on its legislative agenda was advocating for bills that would penalise Americans […]
If the UN, Arabs, Turks and Europeans all advise against moving the US embassy to Jerusalem, why do it? By James Reinl NEW YORK, United States – US President Donald Trump’s expected announcement of plans to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem has quickly whipped up a furore, with pundits and foreign leaders […]
