Bijvoorbeeld
het vergelijken van de Israëlische politiek met nazi-politiek wordt
dan antisemitisme genoemd en zou middels beroepsverboden of wegzending van universiteiten kunnen leiden....... Ook zal kritiek worden geweerd in de reguliere media en de sociale media....* Je kan dan niet meer wijzen op een groep Israëlische
officieren die begin 90er jaren aan de bel trokken en stelden dat zij
werden onderwezen uit SS handboeken.....
Uiteraard
zal deze wet worden aangenomen, het huidige politieke klimaat in de
VS is er rijp voor...... Lullig genoeg volgt een groot deel van de EU
de VS in dit soort zaken, dat bleek een tijd geleden met het verzet
tegen de BDS beweging, die een boycot van Israël bepleit zolang
Israël doorgaat met de enorme terreur tegen de Palestijnse bevolking
en haar niet al haar rechten teruggeeft, inclusief land en een plaats
voor de met veel geweld verjaagde Palestijnen. De BDS werd vrijwel
onmiddellijk onder druk van Israël als antisemitisch
afgeschilderd.......
Te
vrezen valt dan ook, wanneer deze nieuwe wet in de VS wordt
aangenomen, de EU zal volgen...... Daarmee zal de vrijheid van
meningsuiting geslachtofferd worden en om een cliché aan te halen:
als er één schaap over de dam is volgen er meer, ofwel als dit
recht op een dergelijke ordinaire manier wordt aangetast, zal het niet
lang duren voordat men dit soort zaken zelfs strafbaar zal stellen, zoals het
brengen van 'fake news' (nepnieuws) in de sociale media..... (het
liefst noemt men alles nepnieuws wat niet overeenkomt met wat je in
de reguliere media wordt voorgelogen....)
Ongelofelijk dit alles, zeker als je ziet dat neonazi's gewoon mogen demonstreren in de VS, met swastika's en al, dit nog naast het mogen organiseren van (militaire-) trainingen door dit psychopathische geteisem........
Ongelofelijk dit alles, zeker als je ziet dat neonazi's gewoon mogen demonstreren in de VS, met swastika's en al, dit nog naast het mogen organiseren van (militaire-) trainingen door dit psychopathische geteisem........
New US Congress Bill Conflates Criticism of Israel With Anti-Semitism
The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2018, was introduced by lawmakers from both major parties (AFP/file photo)
Thursday 24 May 2018 00:44 UTC
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Thursday 24 May 2018 18:18 UTC
(MEE) — A
US Congress bill proposed on Wednesday conflates criticism of Israel
with anti-Semitism, free-speech advocates say.
The
measure aims to provide the Department of Education with a legal
definition of anti-Semitism to handle discrimination claims.
It
adopts a 2010 report by a special US State Department envoy to combat
anti-Semitism.
The
document provides a list of examples where anti-Semitism “manifests
itself with regard to the state of Israel”. They include applying
double-standards for Israel, attempting to delegitimise it and
comparing Israeli policies to Nazi Germany.
“It’s
ridiculous; it’s unconstitutional; it’s against free speech,”
Ahmad Abuznaid, director of the National Network of Arab American
Communities (NAAC), told Middle East Eye.
The
bill, dubbed the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2018, was introduced
by lawmakers from both US major parties.
US
college campuses, where activists attempt to pass student council
resolutions to boycott Israel for its mistreatment of Palestinians,
have become a major arena for debate over the conflict.
Activists
say the bill would censor the exchange of ideas and censor Israel’s
critics.
The
Arab American Institute, a Washington-based think tank, said the bill
focuses on suppressing speech critical of Israel, but it fails to
address the real problem of anti-Semitism.
“At
a time when hate crimes against targeted and vulnerable communities
have increased, including against the American Jewish community, it
is imperative that our elected officials do not conflate criticisms
of policies and political opposition with instances of hate,” the
group said in a statement.
Abuznaid
compared the bill with measures to outlaw the Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, “but this is a more
vicious attack on the freedom of speech in the US.”
Last
year, lawmakers proposed a bill that would legally restrict US
citizens and companies from boycotting Israel. The measure failed to
progress after an outcry from free speech watchdogs, including the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
“This
bill is unconstitutional because it seeks to impose the government’s
political views on Americans who choose to express themselves through
boycotts,” Ben Wizner, director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and
Technology Project, said in a statement in March after the
anti-boycott bill was amended.
In
January, a federal judge blocked a Kansas law that required state
contractors to certify that they do not boycott Israel.
JVP calls on Congress to oppose the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act
“It's not an ‘anti-Semitism awareness act’ – it’s the Silencing Students Act,” says JVP's Rabbi Joseph Berman jewishvoiceforpeace.org/antisemitism-b…
“It's not an ‘anti-Semitism awareness act’ – it’s the Silencing Students Act,” says JVP's Rabbi Joseph Berman jewishvoiceforpeace.org/antisemitism-b…
The
ACLU also rejected Wednesday’s anti-Semitism bill, saying that it
“risks chilling the free speech of students on college campuses,
and is unnecessary to enforce federal law’s prohibition on
harassment in education.”
“We
worry that the law will lead colleges to suppress speech, especially
if the Department of Education launches investigations simply because
students have engaged in speech critical of Israel,” ACLU executive
director Anthony Romero said in a statement.
“College
campuses should be havens for free expression, and students must be
free to express their opinions and viewpoints, so long as they avoid
harassment. We urge Congress to reject this dangerous and unnecessary
bill.”
Abuznaid
said Wednesday’s bill targets students who are developing a sense
of activism.
He
added that the bill would play to the advantage of Kenneth Marcus,
President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the civil rights office of
the Department of Education. Marcus has led civil rights lawsuits
against academic institutions that adopted BDS measures.
“It’s
just another avenue to stifle the debate on Israel and Palestine,”
Abuznaid said of the bill.
Proponents
of the bill say its objective is to protect Jewish students from
discrimination.
“Jewish
students, like students of any religion, should not live in fear of
attacks because of their religion,” Congressman Ted Deutch, a
Democrat from Florida who co-sponsored the measure, said in a
statement.
“They
shouldn’t have to fear wearing Judaic symbols or expressing their
support for Israel.”
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===========================* Zo weert Facebook nu al langere tijd kritische Palestijnen van haar medium.......... Zie wat dat betreft ook: 'Facebook wil samen met door Saoedi-Arabië gesubsidieerde denktank censureren.... ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!'
