Hagit Ofran is Director of the Israeli Peace Now movement;s Settlement Watch Project.

(7/19/11) There is a sense of outrage within the Israeli public following the passing of "the boycott law" in the Knesset last week. The law allows any individual or institution who faces possible damage as a result of any person's call for boycott settlement products to sue that person. Evidence of actual damage will not be required. Organizations calling for such boycott could lose their legal standing as non profit organization.

The Israeli journalist and author writes:

This article is against the law. To be more precise: It includes a call for boycotting the products of West Bank settlements, a call that will be illegal in Israel as soon as legislation just approved by the Knesset is published in the official gazette and takes effect.

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ADL president (Abraham Foxman, pictured) visiting in Israel says while the league opposes boycott of Israel, law allows government to 'legally stifle calls to action', is disservice to Israel's democratic nature.

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