Below is the most recent Action Alert from the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
Please digest this explanation of the first Congressional vote scheduled for tomorrow (1/8/19) and call your elected officials. Explain to them that no foreign government, including Israel, can nullify your right to participate in BDS campaigns in your own country.
“Last Thursday, the Senate’s first bill of the new Congress – S.1 – was introduced
by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), and it encourages states to punish people for boycotting for Palestinian rights.
To make matters worse, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill tomorrow.
Friend, please click here to get a sample script and phone numbers for your Senators.
Then please pick up the phone RIGHT NOW and tell your Senators to vote NO on S.1.
Sen. Rubio’s new bill incorporates language from the Combating BDS Act, his unconstitutional bill which we defeated in the last Congress.
The Combating BDS Act calls upon states and cities to enact laws that curtail our constitutional freedoms by denying government contracts to people who boycott for Palestinian rights. In response to lawsuits filed by the ACLU, these types of laws have already been stopped by federal judges in Kansas and Arizona on constitutional grounds, and there are three additional lawsuits currently challenging similar laws in Texas and Arkansas.
Even though courts are siding with us and reaffirming our constitutional right to boycott for Palestinian rights, Sen. Rubio is still trying to pass legislation to deny our First Amendment rights.
That’s why it’s so important for you to call your Senators today to oppose S.1.
Thank you for taking action.”
The Intercept has been following this story closely for some time (see here and here).
The headline of their most recent article is “The U.S. Senate’s First Bill, In the Midst of the Shutdown, Is a Bipartisan Defense of the Israeli Government from Boycotts.”
The title captures the ludicrous nature of this bill and the corruption generated by the pro-Zionist lobby, especially AIPAC, in the US Congress.
Here is an excerpt:
“…in the 2019 GOP-controlled Senate, the first bill to be considered — S.1 — is not designed to protect American workers, bolster U.S. companies, or address the various debates over border security and immigration. It’s not a bill to open the government. Instead, according to multiple sources involved in the legislative process, S.1 will be a compendium containing a handful of foreign policy-related measures, the main one of which is a provision — with Florida’s GOP Sen. Marco Rubio as a lead sponsor — to defend the Israeli government. The bill is a top legislative priority for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.”
Who do your senators and congressional representatives really represent? You or Israel?
