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If boycotting is a crime then I am a criminal

Will Israel really punish thousands of citizens that are ostensibly breaking the law? However, if they aren't punished, how will this reflect on the Knesset? The legislation must therefore be reversed.

Peace Now boycott law
Photo by: Ben Hartman
A new law was passed in Israel last week. On July 11, the Knesset decided that every individual or institution that intentionally refrains from doing business with an individual or an institution in Israeli-controlled territories can be punished for doing so.

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