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Israel prepares to pass law banning citizens from calling for boycotts

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  • #2
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    I'd be having a damn good go-slow protest then!


  • #3
    RichieC
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    Anti semite!1!


  • #4
    Nodin
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    The bill would allow anyone who called for an academic, consumer or cultural boycott to be sued for compensation.
    I would love to see them try to enforce it over here.
    ......

    Why would they do that when its aimed at Israeli citizens, as per your own thread title?


  • #5
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭RichieC


    I'd love to see what would happen if a journo asked Obama his opinion on this! llololol


  • #6
    mikemac
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

    I would love to see them try to enforce it over here. :p

    Sure it was the people of Mayo who invented boycotting :cool:


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  • #7
    NTMK
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    daily mail would make a fortune if that law came in here


  • #8
    Run_to_da_hills
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    NTMK wrote: »
    daily mail would make a fortune if that law came in here
    Reword it: Boycott the Daily Fail.


  • #9
    Chuck Stone
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    Seems kind of extreme.

    Probably won't pass.


  • #10
    dlofnep
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    Wouldn't Israelis calling for a boycott of Israeli goods defeat their own interests?


  • #11
    RichieC
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    dlofnep wrote: »
    Wouldn't Israelis calling for a boycott of Israeli goods defeat their own interests?

    Many Israelis oppose the illegal settlements in the westbank and boycott goods made there for that reason.


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  • #12
    Chuck Stone
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    mikemac wrote: »
    Sure it was the people of Mayo who invented boycotting :cool:

    No, it was Geoff Boycott actually.


  • #13
    Nodin
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    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Seems kind of extreme.

    Probably won't pass.

    Thats what I thought meself. However........

    "The Israeli parliament has passed a controversial law that will punish any Israeli individual or organisation boycotting West Bank settlements."
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14111925

    Genuinely suprised at that, as sense normally jumps in at some stage before these things get passed.


  • #14
    Zebra3
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    So they've made it illegal to boycott illegal colonies.

    Go Israel. :rolleyes:


  • #15
    Spread
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    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    No, it was Geoff Boycott actually.

    I thought it was Geoffrey be Boullion. He certainly had it in for those Muslim boys :D. Maybe took boycotting a little bit on the far side.


  • #16
    Dyr
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    I'm sure Alan Shatter is taking notes


  • #17
    Morlar
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    Bambi wrote: »
    I'm sure Alan Shatter is taking notes

    Why do you say that ?

    I think this is what most people have come to expect from the 'only democracy in the middle east'.


  • #18
    Augmerson
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    As the Israeli PM recently said - "Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East".

    LOL


  • #19
    Bottle_of_Smoke
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    What's happening is the decent Israelis are getting so pissed off with the colonisation of the West Bank they are threatening to boycott settlers interests.

    Proabably getting accused of being self-loathing Jews and the like. I for one think its a very decent thing to do, will do more for Palestinians than a million flotillas, and thats not a slur on the flotillas.


  • #20
    Morlar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    You have to wonder about the merits of a 'democracy' where peaceful civil protest is effectively criminalised.


  • #21
    El Weirdo
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    RichieC wrote: »
    Anti semite!1!
    Shomer shabbos!


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  • #22
    prinz
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    El Weirdo wrote: »
    Shomer shabbos!

    Do you roll on the Sabbath Walter? Ah well, I'll stick to my little boycott, see how they like them non-West Bank apples..


  • #23
    Napper Hawkins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,903 ✭✭✭Napper Hawkins


    I roll with Sabbath.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtqy4DTHGqg


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