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A bit of grandstanding by Sen. Kirk, but I guess that's ok, though we don't need more laws. We already have a law against participating in foreign boycotts. Even BDS acknowledges they're a palestinian movement, foreign.
In 2005, Palestinian civil society issued a call for a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights. A truly global movement against Israeli Apartheid is rapidly emerging in response to this call. - See more at: http://www.bdsmovement.net/#sthash.SVZ0wT7L.dpuf
We have an Office of Boycott Enforcement in the Commerce Department. They note among the violations Agreements to refuse or actual refusal to do business with or in Israel or with blacklisted companies. The problem is enforcement. Kind of like passing a law requiring our Embassy be moved to Jerusalem. Neither this nor the prior 2 administrations have done anything about the Embassy, this and the prior one about BDS. As to Rauner's proposal to divest from companies refusing to do business with Israel, better push for enforcement.
I don’t need another damn politician to tell me something’s wrong!
It’s less about who Steven Salaita opposes (Israel) and more about who he supports(terrorists).
I’ll bet this causes the Jewish vote for Quinn to drop to 90%.
Quinn is a doofus, but he’s pretty adept at stradling the fence with no apparent ill-effects (nothing to damage). So I’m sure he’ll try to find a way to be for and against this at the same time.
Of course the Jews are responsible for anti-semitism - if there were no Jews, there would be no anti-semitism.
Get used to this as the American Left continues aping the Nazi Left in its increasing and open Jew-hatred and scapegoating. Dangerous waters ahead.
The base of the Democrat Party contains the most vicious anti-Semites in the USA -— a quick perusal of the Democrat Underground shows this -—they even have a special moderator and posting area for this because people get so nasty so quickly.
I am happy for these kind of events because I think my small and scattered tribe might wake up sooner than I could have hoped. Not optimistic, but it is looking more likely each day.
Unfortunately a Democrat in Illinois has to do something one helluva lot worse that that to get voted out.