This joint resolution condemns the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and academic boycotts in particular. The amended version deleted language that explicitly blamed boycotts for justice for increased antisemitism, focusing instead on how the human rights movement threatens Israel’s legitimacy. The companion resolution, SJR 81, passed both houses.
This joint resolution condemns the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and academic boycotts in particular. The version that passed deleted language that explicitly blamed boycotts for justice for increased antisemitism, focusing instead on how the human rights movement threatens Israel’s legitimacy. Companion resolution: AJR 122.
This resolution affirms the constitutional rights of all people to engage in boycott activity against an entity when they have conscientious concerns with the entity’s policies or actions. It states that Missouri shall not punish individuals by denying them a state contract for exercising their constitutional right to boycott. The resolution states that “criticism of a nation by individuals, including as a nonviolent citizens’ boycott, does not constitute bigotry against the citizens of that nation.”
This non-binding resolution targets UN-related accountability efforts with regard to Israel’s ongoing violations of international law, repeating Israel’s claim that UN Security Council Resolution 2334 will lead to increased BDS efforts and “will provide a ‘tailwind for terror.’”UN Security Council Resolution 2334 reaffirmed that Israel’s illegal settlements constitute a flagrant violation of international law. The US broke from its practice of blocking UN accountability measures focused on Israel and abstained rather than vetoing the resolution, causing consternation among pro-Israel groups.
This is a non-binding Senate resolution that condemns BDS, falsely claiming it creates a climate of anti-Jewish hatred. The resolution specifically condemns academic boycotts for Palestinian rights and references Indiana University and Purdue University presidents’ condemnation of academic boycotts for Palestinian rights.
This is a non-binding House resolution that condemns BDS, falsely claiming it creates a climate of anti-Jewish hatred. The resolution specifically condemns academic boycotts for Palestinian rights and references Indiana University and Purdue University presidents’ condemnation of academic boycotts for Palestinian rights.
This senate joint resolution condemns academic boycotts of Israeli institutions, stating they unfairly single out Israel and raise questions of antisemitism. The resolution calls on university presidents to condemn academic boycotts as a threat to academic freedom.
This non-binding resolution condemns antisemitism and calls for rejecting and denouncing “all attempts to delegitimize and deny Israel’s right to exist.” The resolution draws from a distorted definition of antisemitism that could encompass any and all criticism of Israel, circumscribing protected political speech activities.
This resolution affirms the constitutional rights of all people to engage in boycott activity against an entity when they have conscientious concerns with the entity’s policies or actions. It states that Missouri shall not punish individuals by denying them a state contract for exercising their constitutional right to boycott. The resolution states that “criticism of a nation by individuals, including as a nonviolent citizens’ boycott, does not constitute bigotry against the citizens of that nation.”
This non-binding resolution calls for the US to continue to oppose future UN Security Council resolutions that “seek to impose solutions to final status issues, or are one-sided and anti-Israel.” UN Security Council Resolution 2334 reaffirmed that Israel’s illegal settlements constitute a flagrant violation of international law. The US broke from its practice of blocking UN accountability measures focused on Israel and abstained rather than vetoing the resolution, causing consternation among pro-Israel groups. HRes 23 also states that the US “steadfastly opposes boycotts, divestment campaigns and sanctions targeting the State of Israel.”
