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Friend --
We’ve scored major victories for free speech in recent
months, with legislation aiming to punish boycotts of Israel or its
settlements being struck down by federal courts on three different
occasions. But those who want to suppress advocacy for Palestinian
human rights aren’t giving up, and are tweaking their new legislative
efforts to chill free speech and demonize advocates of Palestinian
rights in ways that are more difficult to challenge in
court.
The latest of these efforts is H.Res.246, which attacks the BDS campaign
with a series of false accusations, but stops short of prescribing
specific punishments for those who support a boycott of Israel or its
settlements. The true aim of this resolution, however, is to suppress
advocacy for Palestinian human rights by squeezing
members of Congress into becoming more active in such suppression
efforts and isolating advocates for Palestinian human rights, making
any contact or engagement with them seem morally wrong and politically
toxic. We’ve also become aware that House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chairman Eliot Engel plans to advance this resolution through
committee this week.
Please take a moment to read our full
analysis and send an email to Chairman Engel telling him not to
advance this bill. Click here to get
started.
AAI Action Alert
http://www.aaiusa.org/
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