In most US states boycotts of Israel are illegal. And forget sanctions or the biggest economy will retaliate. There's a reason Israeli officials are not afraid looking like nasty war criminals on TV: they have no reason to be.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

This is a clear example of how the the US is complicit in what is happening right now. We helped set the stage for this.

[–] GopherOwl@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And in almost all instances the courts have ruled that anti-BDS laws are unconstitutional under the first amendment.

Those laws are just grandstanding.

[–] P1r4nha@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man, I wish you would've said "all" not "almost all". It's clearly a violation of the first amendment and not even a good one. Hate speech laws against antisemitism I'd be fine with, but not this.

[–] GopherOwl@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I agree, it's clearly a violation. But I don't think the 5th Circuit cares about the constitution. So rather than look up every single case, I just assumed some court made an insane ruling.

[–] superguy@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In most US states boycotts of Israel are illegal.

Not true.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws#Anti-BDS_laws_in_the_United_States

[–] P1r4nha@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Oh, you mean you can't get to prison, you just can't get hired?