The Shift: House passes bill blocking schools from boycotting Israel

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : A recent Drop Site News investigation found that Israel's military has directed millions in unreported funding to university research programs.
44% : Today, the House passed a bill that would bar universities from boycotting Israel, Israeli companies, and Israeli institutions, including settlements.
43% : "This legislation sets up an situation in which the alleged absence of engagement with any Israeli partner/party, including in settlements, will become the basis for an accusation of boycott, putting universities in the position where, if the universities want to avoid being accused of boycotting Israel/settlements, they will need to adopt an affirmative policy of prioritizing maximal engagement/partnership with Israeli entities (including in settlements)," she wrote.
39% : The legislation was opposed by civil liberties groups, but also by pro-Israel organizations like J Street and multiple pro-Israel politicians like Jerry Nadler.
38% : " The bill's passage comes just days after the House approved a resolution condemning socialism "in all its forms."
34% : Eight Democrats jumped across the aisle to endorse that one, and multiple Democratic lawmakers have condemned socialist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker amid the Michigan Senate race.
31% : In recent months, a number of socialist candidates have won their primaries, and nearly all of them have called for the U.S. to stop sending weapons to Israel.
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29% : The Nation: Is the Israel Lobby Doomed?
23% : "The antisemitic, hate-fueled BDS movement seeks to destroy Israel -- and has no place on our college campuses," tweeted Gottheimer after the bill was introduced.

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