Israeli lawmakers pass West Bank settlement boycott law

Once again the nuts in Israel and the occupied territories draw the agenda for Israel as a whole.

As far as i know USA has similar legislation.

Yes America has legislation that says you cannot boycott the produce of any of its citizens that have illegaly settled outside the country.

[Penguin]

What a dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb, law
did I mention that I think this law is not bright?

I just hope the Israeli Supreme Court has smarter heads than those who sit in the parliament.
In Germany, the Federal Constitutional Court has in the past years often been the last resort of reason to insane law proposals. With so many lawyers sitting in the Bundestag, they should know better how to stay in bounds with our constitution, but, they always try, a litle too often for my taste.

One should not infringe in the right of not to consume anything, and also not on the right to inform anybody about their choices. I get on the nerves of my Mitmenschen every day with my likes and dislikes. And hey: what world would we live in, if somebody who writes into his little cooking blog: "I hate gefilte fisch", will be sued by the Israeli fishing industry?

As much as I think those people who support the don't-buy-israeli-thing stink, as much those people have the right to say why they don't want to buy from there. And as long as they don't step on my right to eat my Oranges from Israel in front of them
And I don't care which ethnicity the people who work on the Orange field have - as long as they are hot women without Orangenhaut - Orange skin, that's German for cellulite

[MH]

Originally Posted by Penguin

What a dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb,dumb, law
did I mention that I think this law is not bright?

I just hope the Israeli Supreme Court has smarter heads than those who sit in the parliament.

Usually it is.
So far has guarded Israel very well against some stupid initiatives.

They are subsidised by tax payers as any other citizen.
They don't get paid to live in WB.

Yeah yeah yeah.
Though of course that would not be true as is usual from you.

There are of course all the usual subsidies any citizen benefits from even though the settlements are illegal.
However you also have the Housing and Construction ministry, the Education ministry, the Defence ministry and the semi governmental WZO all found to be systematicly but fraudulently subsidising the illegal settlements.
So is that the same systematic but fraudulent tax payer subsidies any other citizen gets?

[MH]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Yeah yeah yeah.
Though of course that would not be true as is usual from you.

There are of course all the usual subsidies any citizen benefits from even though the settlements are illegal.

Ilegal-its a matter of perspective.
Israel has not withdrawn from west bank therefore there is reason to discriminate Israeli citizens.

Originally Posted by Tribesman

However you also have the Housing and Construction ministry, the Education ministry, the Defence ministry and the semi governmental WZO all found to be systematicly but fraudulently subsidising the illegal settlements.
So is that the same systematic but fraudulent tax payer subsidies any other citizen gets?

So tell me in what why?
Unless you call building infrastructure roads school security protection subsidizing or bribing into living there.
Actually it cheaper to buy or rent house in some settlements deep in west bank but that's because usually nobody wants to live there.