🚨NEW: Back in May, the House nearly moved on the so-called “IGO Anti-Boycott Act” — legislation that would punish Americans with up to 20 years in prison or $1 million fines for joining boycotts of Israel or its settlements, if the boycotts are promoted by the UN, EU, or other international bodies. That standalone bill never came to a vote. Now, pro-Israel lawmakers are trying again — this time by tacking the same measure onto the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act for 2026. ➤ Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) filed amendments to fold the “IGO Anti-Boycott Act” into the NDAA. ⭕️ The markup for the NDAA starts Sept. 8. The amendments will be decided in committee starting next week — and if approved to move forward, they could be debated and voted on by the full House later in September. Rights groups warn these provisions criminalize constitutionally protected political expression and entrench U.S. support for Israeli apartheid and settlement expansion under the guise of “defense policy.”
🚨NEW: Back in May, the House nearly moved on the so-called “IGO Anti-Boycott Act” — legislation that would punish Americans with up to 20 years in prison or $1 million fines for joining boycotts of Israel or its settlements, if the boycotts are promoted by the UN, EU, or other international bodies. That standalone bill never came to a vote. Now, pro-Israel lawmakers are trying again — this time by tacking the same measure onto the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act for 2026. ➤ Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) filed amendments to fold the “IGO Anti-Boycott Act” into the NDAA. ⭕️ The markup for the NDAA starts Sept. 8. The amendments will be decided in committee starting next week — and if approved to move forward, they could be debated and voted on by the full House later in September. Rights groups warn these provisions criminalize constitutionally protected political expression and entrench U.S. support for Israeli apartheid and settlement expansion under the guise of “defense policy.”
▪️ Other proposed amendments about Israel in the NDAA include one by Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) requiring the Pentagon to replace the term “West Bank” with Israel’s preferred “Judea and Samaria.” ▪️ Another from Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) would bar the Department of Defense from contracting with any party that boycotts Israel or its settlements. This would primarily impact international firms and could extend to regional Arab governments — several of which rely on U.S. defense support but face strong domestic pressure from populations that back boycott campaigns like BDS.
This is treason. We need to remove every person who ever voiced even a shallow and passing support for Israel from office nationwide and permanently bar them from holding office or in any way serving in government jobs or public office, including contract and subcontractor work. Dezionification now!
@DropSiteNews Criminalizing boycotts of Israel is an attack on free speech and democracy itself. Lawmakers are bending over backwards to protect apartheid, even trying to sneak it into the NDAA. Imagine facing prison for refusing to support an occupation.
@DropSiteNews Some rights groups, like @TheFIREorg who’ve come out in opposition to the very idea of boycotts, has not said a word. I guess free speech/expression doesn’t extend to choosing to boycott
@DropSiteNews Israeli support needs to be exclusionary. It has major ramifications abroad & domestic. Projects to other terrible policy too. This should be a bipartisan interest among the public, against the bipartisan interest in DC.
@DropSiteNews And fools still exist that say boycotts don't work
@DropSiteNews What the fuck? America first?
@DropSiteNews Sanction & boycott the shit out of these zionist nazis! They have no place in civilization!
@DropSiteNews @TrackAIPAC They probably did it anyway but changed the name and made it more lowkey
@DropSiteNews I remember corporate training against BDS of Israel. I still think, as I did then, fuck that country and their undue influence in my country. Fuck Israel, #BDS #BOYCOTTISRAEL and more IDF suicides please!
@DropSiteNews I still won't buy any jew shit. #boycottzionism