Ramzy Baroud in Al Arabiya – Striking down the First Amendment: Israel lobby attacks BDS

• August 31, 2017, 2:00 pm

The US Congress, cheered on by the powerful Israeli lobby in Washington, is waging a war on Palestinians and their supporters. In the process, they are attempting to demolish the very core of American values – the First Amendment.

The build-up to this war began when the Israel lobby group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) declared in its 2017 Lobbying Agenda that criminalizing the boycott of Israel is a top priority.

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