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Reactions to the Boycott Law 2011

from voices generally supportive of Palestinian rights

Anthony Lerman: Israel and the anti-boycott law: the wider implications of popular indifference
Jeff Halper, ICAHD: Israel passes anti-boycott law
Gideon Levy, Ha'aretz: Peres must stop destruction of Israeli democracy
Boycott National Committee: Leadership of Palestinian boycott campaign responds to new law
Boycott from Within: We Will not be Silent
Ran HaCohen, antiwar.com: Things You Can Say, Things You Cannot
Israeli Left launches public campaign against new law banning boycotts (Ha'aretz)
Coalition of Women for Peace: The New Boycott Law
Gush Shalom: Gush Shalom to Supreme Court: Boycott Law is unconstitutional and anti-democratic
Roger Waters endorses BDS and speaks against Israeli anti-boycott law (video)
Rachel Giora, Mondoweiss: BDS will free both the oppressed, and the oppressor
Adam Keller, Gush Shalom: Israel 2011 - it depends what you are boycotting
Miri Weingarten (Index on Censorship): Israel’s Anti-Boycott Law a Grave Threat to Free Expression
Jonathan Cook (Mondowiess): The method in Netanyahu’s madness - Israel rules out non-violence

from voices usually supportive of Israel

Jewish Daily Forward (NY) Editorial: We Can’t Say This
Jewish Chronicle (London) Editorial: Anti-democratic
Jewish Chronicle (London) Editorial: Not in our Name
Anshel Pfeffer, Jewish Chronicle: Israeli left takes on boycott law
World Union for Progressive Judaism: Our Opposition to this Bill
JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency): From left to right, American Jews are criticizing Israeli anti-boycott law
JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency): List of US Jewish organizations opposing the law (includes The Anti-Defamation League, The American Jewish Committee and The Jewish Council for Public Affairs)
European Union expresses concern over Israel's boycott law (Ha'aretz)
Daniel Estrin, Forward: Israel’s New Anti-Boycott Law Seen in Personal Terms
Dozens of Israeli law professors protest 'unconstitutional' boycott law (Ha'aretz)
New York Times, Editorial: Not Befitting a Democracy

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