NEW YORK – The World Jewish Congress launched a campaign earlier this year in support of the Combating BDS Act of 2017 (S. 170), the federal US bill to combat the BDS movement in the US.
The campaign calls on supporters to contact Senators to add their names to the list of co-sponsors and help pass the bill, to combat the assault on Israel’s legitimacy and to counter the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement’s attempted economic warfare against the Jewish state. Since the campaign was launched, more than 1,200 letters were sent to US Senators from the system set up by the WJC.
S.170, the Combating BDS Act of 2017, is a bi-partisan bill that was introduced by Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) that supports efforts by state and local governments to legally combat the shameful BDS movement’s attack on the State of Israel.
This bill is especially timely after the UN Security Council’s passage of a one-sided resolution - 2334, that harms Israel and encourages the BDS movement’s campaign to commercially and financially target and discriminate against her. Israel is America’s staunchest ally in the Middle East and S.170 will send a strong signal that we will do everything in our power to fight BDS.
