Landmark anti-BDS law passes final Senate legislative hurdle

The vicious Jews such as Alissa Doctoroff, Edith Everett, Jim Joseph Foundation, Carole and Saul Zabar, Charlene Seidle, Karen Adler, Leichtag Foundation, the Bronfman Foundation, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Alan B. Slifka Foundation, David Hochberg, Dr. Gabor T. Herman, Geoffrey Biddle, Joel Greenblatt, Murray Koppelman, Peter Stein and all the other anti-Jews that fund BDS will be made to answer for their sins.

Our campaign to out these quislings and destroy the Jew-hatred movement is bearing fruit.

“Landmark anti-BDS law passes final Senate legislative hurdle,” By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil, The Times, of Israel, June 25, 2015
Obama to sign off on bill making rejection of Israel boycott a key objective in trade talks with EU; WJC hails ‘major defeat for BDS’; J Street, Peace Now opposed law

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WASHINGTON — After weeks of legislative drama, a trade bill containing provisions opposing the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel cleared its final legislative hurdle Wednesday afternoon. The anti-BDS language, passed as part of the controversial Trade Promotion Authority legislation, is expected to be signed into law by President Barack Obama, who had pushed Congress to pass the trade bill as soon as possible.

Two amendments opposing BDS in Europe – one sponsored by Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin and Republican Sen. Rob Portman and the other by Republican Representative Peter Roskam and Democratic Representative Juan Vargas – were included in a trade authorization package that was considered must-pass legislation for the administration.

The president needed Congress’s vote to authorize him to negotiate trade deals with so-called “fast-track authority,” but ten days ago House Democrats turned on the president and defeated a key portion of the trade deal package.

After quick legislative maneuvering last week, House Republicans passed the authorization part of the bill – the part that the president needed most urgently and that Republicans tend to support – and then passed the revised House version back to the Senate for approval. On Wednesday afternoon, the Senate gave the controversial legislation its final approval, sending trade authorization to the president’s desk to be signed into law.

Senator Ben Cardin speaks at the AIPAC conference on March 1, 2015 (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

The anti-BDS provisions in the trade authorization were directed toward free trade talks between the US and the European Union. The provisions require US negotiators to make rejection of BDS a principal trade objective in Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations with the European Union. These guidelines, sponsors hope, will discourage European governments from participating in BDS activities by leveraging the incentive of free trade with the US.

“Today, for the first time in nearly four decades, Congress sent legislation to the President’s desk to combat efforts to isolate and delegitimize the State of Israel,” wrote Roskam in a statement released shortly after the Senate vote. “The recent wave of boycotts originating in Europe, including French telecom company Orange’s decision last week to sever ties with Israel, demands a robust response from the United States. This is that response. The bipartisan TPA provisions I authored are simple: if you want free trade with the United States, you can’t boycott Israel.”

“After today, discouraging economic warfare against Israel will be central to our free trade negotiations with the European Union,” he continued. “Congress will not be complicit in the marginalization of our ally Israel by watching these attacks from the sidelines. Instead, we have decided to fight back against the BDS movement and ensure the continued strength of the US-Israel relationship.”

Shortly after its passage, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) also lauded the inclusion of the anti-BDS legislation in the fast-track trade bill.

“The Senate today took a strong stand against the growing vilification of Israel. American values such as freedom and openness have triumphed over the blatant hypocrisy and bias of the anti-Israel campaigners. This vote marks a major defeat for BDS,” wrote WJC President Ronald S. Lauder.

Both Americans for Peace Now and J Street opposed the legislation, complaining that the amendments play into the hands of BDS activists’ claims by conflating boycott of Israel and boycott of products of settlements.

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Dr. Doomsday

8 years ago

Confront Modern Day Nazis who hate Israel and the Jews!

Stupid pukes!

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SCREW SOCIALISM

8 years ago

Reply to  Dr. Doomsday

1941 The Grand Mufti meets Hitler
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Hans

8 years ago

Is this a done deal the anti BDS addition to TTP or can the anti Israel Obama still veto it!

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Jon Sobieski

8 years ago

I’m glad the Jewish people had enough influence to get this amendment. I am disappointed that other amendments (such as explicit prohibition of executive power to adjust immigration ‘rights’ ) did not have enough power and influence from anyone to be included. I blame the Republicans for this, especially Boehner.

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Gordon Miller

8 years ago

Finally, Ben Cardin does something to protect his people.

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Steve Brown

8 years ago

Why is America and the world allowing ISIS to scourge the earth with rape and murder ? Why is the world allowing the worlds leading sponsor of terror (Iran) to build atomic bombs ? Why is the world allowing civilization violent Jihadists to spread deadly terror upon the earth ? Why has the government of the United Kingdom actively facilitated the raping of hundreds of thousands of prepubescent girls by not only not prosecuting the rapists, but the government of the United Kingdom took decisive legal against every and anybody that attempted to stop the raping of up to one million young UK females. What is going on ? Will your daughter or grand daughter be the next rape victim ? Will somebody you love be raped or have their head chopped off ? Why is the world ganging up to destroy Israel ? Doesn’t it appear that the governments of the world have been taken over by a satanic anti-christ- anti God ” New World Order” that is not only turning a blind eye to those that are; killing, raping and torturing human beings all over the world, but doesn’t it appear that this ” New World Order” that – George H. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barrack Obama and Joe Biden spoke about is real. Have all of US soldiers that fought in all the wars since the revolutionary war, fought and died in vain ? Is our great nation the USA the victim of traitors that are allowing foreign nations to control our people with ”New world order laws” and not the laws of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights ? Why is Sharia Law allowed to govern Dearborn Michigan ? Whats going on !!

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Bert

8 years ago

I have to wonder if Obama will find some pretext to veto the bill. If he does I suspect that JStreet and all their supporters will campaign against the bill.

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Israel is Forever

8 years ago

The Jews that fund BDS are hypocrites and frauds. It’s time for the Jewish community to respond and be Bold, Decisive and Strong in defense of the Jewish state.

If controversy is an inevitable outcome of an effective campaign to defend Israel , then it is one we must embrace.

Israel is the Middle East’s only democracy and the only place in the region where Arabs enjoy full human rights.

The only way to fight these vicious liars and BDS supporters is to attack their credibility and point out their rancid lies regarding Israel.

Israel is Forever !

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8 years ago

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8 years ago

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Covadonga

8 years ago

Well, good luck with this.

But Soebarkah is such a venomous anti-Semitic weasel that he will take the fast-track authority and negotiate a treaty that doesn’t contain the anti-BDS provisions, or give the dhimmwitted Euroweenies a wink and a nod that he won’t care when they break it.

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pogee

8 years ago

Bless you, Pamela, for all you are and all you do! I’m not happy about the fast-track trade bill, but at least this tradeoff helped ease the pain and will, I believe, make a strong statement to all the BDSers around the world—especially in Europe.

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