Gottheimer’s bipartisan legislation passes to combat antisemitic and anti-Israel BDS movement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer’s legislation, the IGO-Anti Boycott Act, passed Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives.
This legislation helps counter anti-Israel bias and the antisemitic BDS movement by expanding the existing anti-boycott law to protect U.S. businesses and individuals from being forced into supporting boycotts organized by International Governmental Organizations.
“On October 7, the world watched Hamas terrorists invade Israel and brutally kidnap, torture, rape, burn alive, and murder innocent babies, children, women, men, and the elderly, including Americans. There are those who equivocate about Hamas. There should be no equivocation. Any equivocation is despicable. They’re terrorists. This unprovoked war has unleashed virulent antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment and underscores why I will always stand with our ally Israel. I’m proud that this bipartisan legislation has passed the House to help put an end to the antisemitic BDS movements strung along by enemies of our nation present in the international playing field such as at the United Nations,” Gottheimer said.
The legislation was co-led by Representative Mike Lawler (NY-17).
In 2016, the UN Human Rights Council authorized the creation of a so-called “blacklist” database of 112 companies they maintain have ties to Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The list consists of 94 Israeli-based companies and 18 companies based in six other countries, including the United States.
Upon release in 2020, the ADL condemned the publication of this list.
