Shades Of Difference
I read that the American Jewish Anti-Defamation League has strongly criticized Israel’s recent adoption of a racially based law controlling miscgenation between “Israelis” and “Palestinians”. The EU says it is investigating whether such Apartheid-style regulations make economic cooperation with Israel impossible, while apparently in the US it’s a crime to reveal if you or your business has any dealings with any Israeli company.
The ADL’s statement is considered something of an anomaly since the American Jewish organizations normally go to great lengths to stand behind Israel’s official positions. The ADL monitors and tries to prevent outbreaks of anti-Semitism as well as racism, xenophobia and violations of human rights worldwide.
Human rights groups pointed out that the new law did not apply to non-Palestinian spouses of Israeli citizens. “You have an Israeli citizen who is an Arab, and you won’t allow him to live with his spouse?” said Orna Kohn, a lawyer for Adalah, a legal organization for Arab minority rights in Israel. “If this is not racism, then perhaps we need to have a new definition.”
The anti-boycott provisions bar U.S. companies from providing information about their business relationships with Israel. They also require that receipt of boycott requests be reported to the Bureau of Industry and Security, formerly known as the Bureau of Export Administration … Cook Composites and Polymers Co. has agreed to pay a $6,000 fine … [the] Bureau of Industry and Security had charged that … Cook had furnished information stating that the goods being shipped were not of Israeli origin and did not contain Israeli materials. The bureau also charged that Cook had failed to report its receipt of the request.
Earlier here.