[Moseley]

During the mid-1970s, Islamic countries in the Middle East sought to destroy Israel economically (and in other ways) by leveraging their oil wealth. At the time, oil prices were sky high, the OPEC cartel was at its strongest, and oil supplies were scarce. The environmental and economic policies of Democrats like President Jimmy Carter had brought the United States and Western Europe to their knees. Gasoline rationing and long lines waiting for gas allowed drivers to fill up their cars only on alternate days (odd / even based on their license plate).

The recent BDS movement is a far more sophisticated, upgraded version of the 1970s-era Islamic boycott of Israel. The original boycott movement never really ended. The BDS movement merely dressed up the old boycott with a newer public relations campaign.

In response to the ’70s boycott of Israel, the United States Congress passed two laws to prohibit participation of U.S. citizens or companies in international economic boycotts or embargoes. These were 1977 amendments to the Export Administration Act and the Ribicoff Amendment to the 1976 Tax Reform Act.

The Office of Antiboycott Compliance is “charged with administering and enforcing the Antiboycott Laws under the Export Administration Act. Those laws discourage, and in some circumstances, prohibit U.S. companies from furthering or supporting the boycott of Israel sponsored by the Arab League, and certain other countries, including complying with certain requests for information designed to verify compliance with the boycott.”

U.S. law prohibits “Agreements to refuse or actual refusal to do business with or in Israel or with blacklisted companies.” Part of the enforcement mechanism requires every U.S. company to immediately report to the Office of Antiboycott Compliance any request that the company certify its participation in the anti-Israel boycott.

After passage of the Anti-Boycott laws, the Arab League boycott of Israel faded, but it never officially ended. Enforcement faded as the threat seemed to shrink.

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[JLAGRAYFOX]

Welcome to the Democrat, political party, the hater of all Jews & Israel. Well, American voters, you certainly got what you voted for...anti-Jews by the dozen. LMAO!!!

[Don W]

In other words, Rubio’s motion is only a repeat of a law already on the books?

Yet another reason that EVERY law should have a sunset clause. If it isn’t reviewed and re-authorized, it becomes null and void.

I think 5 years or so is a reasonable length of time for the effective period of any and every law. If it is effective, there should be no problem with re-authorization.

Constitutional Amendment, anyone?

Think about it: every lawmaker would be so busy reviewing old laws that they wouldn’t have time to think up new ways to infringe on our rights!

[sockmonkey]

Has the US enacted such “special protections” to any Country other than Israel?

[Bob434]

there’s a federal anti-boycott law? Then how were the left able to boycott north carolina when NC refused to allow pervert men to use women’s bathrooms?

[TBP]

By the standards the left has established, it’s entirely fair to call these people Nazis.

Alinskyize the left.

[Moseley]

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