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Israel Lobby Throttles the Constitution
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
29 Aug 2017
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The U.S. House has passed, and the Senate is considering, a bill designed to break the back of the Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions movement. “Here we have Israel’s proponents basically trying to carve out an exemption in the First Amendment that would imprison people for up to 20 years for supporting an international government boycott of Israel,” said Josh Reubner, of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights.

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