lemme in@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoMap shows states where boycotting Israel is illegalwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down118
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minus-squarejmcslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoIf people don’t speak up what’s the difference between a boycott and other business considerations?
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoThe point is that the boycott law applies to businesses, not individual citizens. You won’t be charged for boycotting as an individual or posting your boycott recommendations for others to see.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoYou won’t get charged as a business either, you’ll just be ineligible for state contacts. It’s really weird that the headline considers that “illegal”
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoCorrect. I’m just clarifying for the concerned commenters.
If people don’t speak up what’s the difference between a boycott and other business considerations?
The point is that the boycott law applies to businesses, not individual citizens. You won’t be charged for boycotting as an individual or posting your boycott recommendations for others to see.
You won’t get charged as a business either, you’ll just be ineligible for state contacts. It’s really weird that the headline considers that “illegal”
Correct. I’m just clarifying for the concerned commenters.