US Rare Right-Wing Revolt Sinks Bill Punishing Boycotts of Israel With Prison - MTG temporarily joins Rand Paul in blocking bill to officially criminalize any criticism of the jewish practice of drinking the blood of gentile children

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A sweeping pro-Israel bill backed by Republican leadership and AIPAC collapsed this week after a rare revolt by right-wing lawmakers who argued it posed a direct threat to Americans’ First Amendment rights.

The bill, H.R. 867 — known as the IGO Anti-Boycott Act — would have imposed up to $1 million in fines and prison terms of up to 20 years on Americans who support international boycotts of Israel, even those led by the United Nations.

The bill had been scheduled for a vote Monday but was abruptly pulled from the House calendar following backlash from a broad coalition of critics, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and conservative firebrands like Rep. Thomas Massie, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Rep. Matt Gaetz.

While pro-Israel legislation typically enjoys broad bipartisan support, this rare fracture among Republicans helped stall what would have been the most extreme escalation yet of anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) laws in the United States.

CAIR issued a public call urging Congress to reject the legislation “over the threat it poses to First Amendment free speech rights.” That pressure campaign came as social media posts expressing concern about its potential impact on free speech helped mobilize conservative voters and right-wing influencers against the bill — culminating in House leadership scrapping the scheduled vote.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stated, “I will be voting NO. It is my job to defend Americans’ rights to buy or boycott whomever they choose without the government harshly fining them or imprisoning them.”

Rep. Thomas Massie wrote on X, “Apparently HR 867 has been pulled from the schedule for this week. Thank you for your vocal opposition on this platform. It was a ridiculous bill that our leadership should have never scheduled for a vote.”

Rep. Matt Gaetz added, “H.R. 867 could punish dissent or ‘thought crimes’ with prison. Antisemitism is a real problem. It deserves a response far more serious and thoughtful than this dangerous and unconstitutional Lawler virtue signal.”

The revolt sparked outrage among pro-Israel Democrats. “It’s beyond outrageous and offensive that House leadership bowed to extreme-right forces and pulled this commonsense, bipartisan bill,” said Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a co-sponsor of the legislation, in a statement to Newsweek. Gottheimer defended the bill as a necessary measure to combat what he described as “antisemitic and hate-driven boycotts.”

The legislation’s lead sponsor, Rep. Mike Lawler, received more than $634,000 in donations from pro-Israel political action committees during the 2023–2024 cycle, according to campaign finance records. Critics argue that H.R. 867 was crafted as a direct extension of earlier efforts to outlaw participation in international boycotts of Israel — a tactic often used by human rights groups and multilateral bodies.


Originally passed in 2018, the Anti-Boycott Act prohibits U.S. companies from cooperating with foreign boycotts that are not sanctioned by the United States government. The act is enforced by the Office of Antiboycott Compliance (OAC), a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security. Until now, enforcement has largely focused on corporations.

H.R. 867 sought to extend that authority to individuals, and to boycotts initiated by international governmental organizations such as the United Nations. Under the bill, an American could face up to 20 years in prison and $1 million in fines for simply citing a UN-backed boycott as the reason for not buying Israeli goods.

Even more controversially, Section 2(b)(2) would criminalize “furnishing information about whether someone is associated with charitable or fraternal organizations that support the boycotted country,” if done to comply with or support an IGO-led boycott.

Some critics have warned that this could expose journalists, researchers, and activists to prosecution for publicly identifying ties to groups like AIPAC, Friends of the IDF, or Christians United for Israel — organizations that play significant roles in lobbying, funding, or political advocacy for Israel.

The fight over H.R. 867 is the latest in a long series of efforts to codify speech restrictions around criticism of Israel. Thirty-eight U.S. states have passed similar anti-boycott laws or executive orders, many of which have been challenged in court. The Trump administration’s 2019 executive order redefining antisemitism to include certain criticisms of Israel was further enshrined in federal law in 2024 through the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which adopted the controversial IHRA definition.

Congress also passed the Combating BDS Act in 2019, with then-Senator Marco Rubio among its chief sponsors. These measures have created a sprawling legal framework designed to penalize or discourage individuals and businesses from participating in boycotts targeting Israeli policies.

While H.R. 867 has been shelved for now, it is not dead. The bill remains alive in committee and may return in revised form. Meanwhile, grassroots organizers are pushing for continued pressure to ensure it does not resurface. CAIR has launched a petition urging Congress to reject any future version.

As public opinion shifts further away from support for Israel — a majority of Americans now oppose it — the collapse of H.R. 867 may signal growing backlash, even within pro-Israel political strongholds, about Trump-led efforts to criminalize political dissent.
 
I'm increasingly Pro-Israel given the Palestinians are utterly inbred mongoloids, but these criminalising boycott bills are absolutely ridiculous, retarded and Orwellian.

One should not be penalised in any way, let alone prison time, for the non-crime of not doing business with Israel.

They also seem completely unconstitutional at least to me, but I've heard the state-level ones have been allowed to stand by appellate courts so what do I know.
 
That's not what the bill is. The bill just prohibits boycotting Israel.

Don't buy from Israel = ok

Saying you're not buying from Israel because you are following a boycott = not ok

Also OP reveals himself as a retarded roach every time, this bill has nothing to do with Jews
I am going to boycott Israel just because they dared to suggest a ban.
 
it is unconstitutional to force a business to trade with an entity it does not wish to associate with
thats not what it does

Current law prohibits various actions by U.S. persons (individuals or entities) in relation to boycotts imposed by foreign governments on a country which is friendly to the United States and that is not itself the object of a U.S. boycott. This bill applies those prohibitions to similar boycotts imposed by IGOs.

all it prohibits is boycotting israel in compliance with boycotts imposed by other nations/NGOs

person X can literally refuse to work with Israeli companies because X believes that Jews are all hooknosed cheaters and as long as he isn't explicitly saying I AM BOYCOTTING ISRAEL TO COMPLY WITH BDS he's fine

That's already law, they wanted to extend it to regular smucks. Not just corpos.
nah this still only applies to corpos, it just expands the boycotts to NGOs
 
There have to be a sizeable number of Republicans/conservatives tired of having an AIPAC babysitter, or rolling their eyes every time a "gratest ally!!" proclamation has to preempt any effort to support their own country.

Given the schism on the Left between Kosher Establishment ShitLibs and Third-World Prog golems, it would be very easy to simply say, "I'm not picking sides in this endless desert tribe conflict" and shift to an America First agenda.

Even a fraction of the energy & resources being dumped into defending other countries would work wonders if redirected to American borders & interests.
 
@Catch The Rainbow

You've already burned whatever goodwill you had with your REEEEEing about Shiloh Hendrix, no one has any reason to listen to you.

Everyone do your duty in ignoring whatever he says or at least call him a faggot and move on.
Everyone should just ignore jew kvetching in general. Their racial trait is mystifying goyim with verbal tricks. Ignoring them is the counterspell.

Anyone claiming these kinds of laws and movements only target corporations is either misinformed or a jewish agent trying to cast spells. There have been multiple instances of people being forced to sign documents saying they’ll never boycott God’s chosen people if they want aid after disasters.

See:
 
That's not what the bill is. The bill just prohibits boycotting Israel.

Don't buy from Israel = ok

Saying you're not buying from Israel because you are following a boycott = not ok

Also OP reveals himself as a retarded roach every time, this bill has nothing to do with Jews
>You have the right to say what you want
>Except say you hate Israel and you don't want to buy their products because of that

Do you want more anti semites?
 
Their racial trait is mystifying goyim with verbal tricks.
yeah don't fall for that Jewish trick of using evidence and logic to support your thoughts

There have been multiple instances of people being forced to sign documents saying they’ll never boycott God’s chosen people if they want aid after disasters.

See:
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases...ne-harvey-aid-unless-they-promise-not-boycott
it explicitly says:

The city appears to be enforcing a recently passed Texas law that requires all state contractors to certify that they are not participating in boycotts of Israel.

this is a texas problem

@Catch The Rainbow

You've already burned whatever goodwill you had with your REEEEEing about Shiloh Hendrix, no one has any reason to listen to you.

Everyone do your duty in ignoring whatever he says or at least call him a faggot and move on.
ignore me then instead of pissing yourself

>You have the right to say what you want
>Except say you hate Israel and you don't want to buy their products because of that

Do you want more anti semites?
i dont even like these laws, i think they're retarded

i just pointed out that OP was wrong about these laws prohibiting criticism of Jews and made fun of OP for being a roach
 
Catch the Eruv over here is so jewish that the merest idea of not buying from his tribe of selfish parasites has buck broken his ability to disguise himself as reasonable and he goes full mask off in this thread, devastated that anyone would DARE get between him and what he see as his rightful shekels. Jews are the DSP of the races.
 
merest idea of not buying from his tribe of selfish parasites has buck broken his ability to disguise himself as reasonable
saying i dont like these laws and think they are retarded then pointing out how these laws are easily circumventable by just simply not buying from Israel without declaring adherence to the boycott = not reasonable. these laws also don't require you to buy from israeli companies

he see as his rightful shekels
i outlined how to get around the law you retard
 
The United States of Isreal failed its backers. This can only mean one thing, edom will fall.

Never forget! Never forgive what Amalek did to you.
 
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saying i dont like these laws and think they are retarded then pointing out how these laws are easily circumventable by just simply not buying from Israel without declaring adherence to the boycott = not reasonable. these laws also don't require you to buy from israeli companies


i outlined how to get around the law you retard
"See goyim, as long as you keep your filthy gentile pig opinion to yourself there won't be a problem. Capiche?"

So why pass the law at all? Could it be that evil kikes have disproportionate amounts of influence and use it to selfishly advance their own interests?
 
Not typically a JOO sperg, but it sounds like bullshit. No special treatment. Anyone can boycot whoever they want. That includes companies, like it or not. Fuck off faggots. My rights supperseed kikes.
You already can't boycott Israel and get a federal or state contract to do work for the government. They make you state that you are not boycotting Israel specifically in your bid in a blatant violation of the first amendment. Aipac can do whatever they want, it's the united states of Israel
 
all it prohibits is boycotting israel in compliance with boycotts imposed by other nations/NGOs
And how do you know that someone is boycotting because an NGO told them to or because they chose to do so on their own? You don’t, so either this law is complete pointless and unnecessary (as everyone will just claim that they made an independent decision) or they plan on punishing people for any form of boycott and declaring them guilty because an NGO also organized a boycott. Either way, it’s a bad law.

In addition to this law violating the rights of freedom of association and speech, it is also unconstitutional because it places the burden of proof on the accused.
 
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