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Chuck Schumer says he supports Senate resolution that denounces the BDS movement

The Jewish Insider is reporting that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will announce his support for a new resolution that targets the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement today.

S.Res.120 is a bipartisan piece of legislation that was introduced by Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Rob Portman (R-OH). It currently has 61 co-sponsors, including Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker. The resolution denounces any efforts to boycott the state of Israel, “including efforts to target United States companies that are engaged in commercial activities” with the country. “I have long believed that the BDS effort is a profoundly biased campaign to delegitimize the state of Israel, and I look forward to Congress passing the resolution with overwhelming bipartisan support,” Schumer told Jewish Insider.

H.Res.246 is a companion piece of legislation that was introduced in the House. That resolution currently has 316 co-sponsors, including 162 Democrats.

Schumer’s support for the resolution is certainly not a surprise. He has been a vociferous supporter of Israel for years and co-sponsored 2017’s Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S. 720), which was developed with the assistance of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). That bill would have made it a felony for some to support BDS, carrying a maximum penalty of $1 million and a twenty-year prison sentence. Although that bill died at the end of the 115th session of Congress, there have been numerous attempts to pass similar legislation in the Senate and the House since then, including a recent backdoor move by Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) to punish BDS supporters by amending U.S. tax code.

The resolution should reach a vote later this year.

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The Zionists are desperate. They and their lap-dogs are even introducing unconstitutional legislation that would fine people $250k+ and possibly imprison them for 20 years just for conscientiously boycotting the criminal genocidal Zionist entity. Even the McCarthyite Communist Control Act of 1954 (which, incidentally, is still in effect, though courts have declared it unconstitutional) didn’t go quite that far.

What next: martial law against BDS? shooting supporters in the street?

Isn’t it ironic , that Schumer , Schiff , and Nadler, who all despise Donald Trump , hop right into the anti BDS campaign . It’s nice to know that they can support the Donald in some fashion. Wonder why that is ? oh that’s right their all Zionists. The Carte Blanche support of Israel by the United States will led to Armageddon . The invasion of desperate refugees into Europe and the masses huddling on the 2000 mile USA border with Mexico , will only get worse.

How many refugees are being accepted into Israel ? Heck there are 2,000, 000 living in Gaza, by any reasonable definition of a refugee. As the great American character actor, the late Strother Martin , said to Paul Neumann in the Oscar winning movie Cool Hand Luke ” Is what we have here , is a failure to communicate” That about sums up the Israeli Palestinian conflict.

every Congress member who even considered signing the anti-BDS bill is sacrificing the rights of their own constituents and all Americans to the interests of a foreign government. Once again, this is the height of disloyalty – and a measure of just how much power AIPAC has. Every one of them should be removed from office.

It is clearly illegal for government to force someone to waive a constitutional right of political speech, including boycotts. We cannot allow Zionists, be they Democrats or Republicans, to abrogate our constitutional rights, so as to further shield israel from accountability.

And everyone is in a tizzy about Russia when israel has interfered more in US politics than any other country? If your loyalties lie with Israel, you’re free to leave the States; just surrender your US citizenship at the border. No man can serve two masters.

The BDS movement “against” South Africa did not “delegitimize” South Africa.

In fact, the BDS movement “against” South Africa actually helped South Africa to become democratic.

What Chuck Schumer opposes is Democracy in Israel. Why assume he’s any more of a champion of Democracy in the United States? He violates his oath of office. He lies about defending the U.S. Constitution. Vote this traitor out of office.

Thank you, Chuck!