{"id":30034,"date":"2019-01-11T13:33:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T17:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=30034"},"modified":"2019-01-11T13:33:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T17:33:17","slug":"jewish-senator-introduces-law-to-imprison-americans-for-criticizing-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=30034","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Senator Introduces Law to Imprison Americans for Criticizing Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/boycott-israel-americans-fine-696x392.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-113445\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/boycott-israel-americans-fine-696x392.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>www.awdnews<\/p>\n<p>The jewish senator from New York, Chuck Schumer, has introduced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/115th-congress\/house-bill\/1697\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Resolution 1697<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 known as the Israel Anti-Boycott Act. This legislation is in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yournewswire.com\/americans-prison-fine-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">direct conflict<\/a>\u00a0with the 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech and targets those who are critical of Israel with draconian prison sentences and fines:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAMERICAN CITIZENS ARE SET TO BE FINED UP TO $1 MILLION OR IMPRISONED FOR UP TO 20 YEARS FOR CRITICIZING ISRAEL OR SUPPORTING THE BDS BOYCOTT, THANKS TO NEW LEGISLATION SPONSORED BY SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER.<\/p>\n<p>ANYONE GUILTY OF VIOLATING THE NEW PROHIBITIONS WILL FACE A MINIMUM CIVIL PENALTY OF $250,000 AND A MAXIMUM CRIMINAL PENALTY OF $1 MILLION AND 20 YEARS IN PRISON UNDER THE NEW LAW.<\/p>\n<p>ACCORDING TO THE ACLU, THE CARDIN LEGISLATION WOULD \u201cBAR U.S. PERSONS FROM SUPPORTING BOYCOTTS AGAINST ISRAEL, INCLUDING ITS SETTLEMENTS IN THE PALESTINIAN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES CONDUCTED BY INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE EUROPEAN UNION. IT WOULD ALSO\u2026 INCLUDE PENALTIES FOR SIMPLY REQUESTING INFORMATION ABOUT SUCH BOYCOTTS. VIOLATIONS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO A MINIMUM CIVIL PENALTY OF $250,000 AND A MAXIMUM CRIMINAL PENALTY OF $1 MILLION AND 20 YEARS IN PRISON\u2026.THIS BILL WOULD IMPOSE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT ON INDIVIDUALS SOLELY BECAUSE OF THEIR POLITICAL BELIEFS ABOUT ISRAEL AND ITS POLICIES.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/yournewswire.com\/americans-prison-fine-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Although this bill was first introduced in 2017, it continues to gain traction with more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/115th-congress\/house-bill\/1697\/cosponsors?q=%7B%22party%22%3A%22Democratic%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">co-sponsors recently signing on<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the first new laws created by the jewish Bolsheviks when they took over Russia was to make \u201cantisemitism\u201d punishable by jail or death. Despite its freedoms, the United States is now following in Russia\u2019s footsteps, with jews like Chuck Schumer leading the charge.<\/p>\n<p>One hundred years later, we find ourselves in a very similar situation \u2013 proposed Federal laws protecting jews from criticism. Only criminals and liars are afraid of being criticized.<\/p>\n<p>What other ethnic group is powerful enough to demand such draconian laws to protect them from criticism?<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.awdnews.com\/index\/jewish-senator-introduces-law-to-imprison-americans-for-criticizing-israel\/\">http:\/\/www.awdnews.com\/index\/jewish-senator-introduces-law-to-imprison-americans-for-criticizing-israel\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}