Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
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Sep 11, 2026
Jason RapertGUEST
You know, some say the count is 38 or 40 states that have some level of legislation that pushes back against what we once talked about as the boycott, divestment, sanction movement.
Jason RapertGUEST
These were anti-BDS laws.
Jason RapertGUEST
I was fortunate, I served for 12 years in the Arkansas State Senate, and I sponsored legislation in support of Israel, but I actually supported the legislation you're talk about in my state.
Jason RapertGUEST
That legislation said that if you wanna do business with the state of Arkansas, you cannot be boycotting Israel, okay? So any company, be it a US company or a British company or a French company, which by the way, Dassault Falcon Jet is in Arkansas, okay?
Scott JenningsHOST
On September the 3rd, the House passed a bipartisan bill that you co-sponsored with Congressman Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey.
Scott JenningsHOST
The bill was called the It's a bill about holding higher education accountable for a hate-driven BDS activity targeting Jewish students and professors.
Scott JenningsHOST
Tell us about that.
Virginia FoxGUEST
Well...
Virginia FoxGUEST
and promoting anti-Semitism on their campuses.
Virginia FoxGUEST
This bill will do something to punish schools who engage in boycotting, divestiture, and sanctions against Israel.
Virginia FoxGUEST
It requires schools to tell Congress that they are not engaging in BDS activities and prove that they aren't with the report and the statement.
Virginia FoxGUEST
If they do not do that, then they can lose their Title IV money, which goes to financial aid.
Scott JenningsHOST
On September the 3rd, the House passed a bipartisan bill that you co-sponsored with Congressman Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey.
Scott JenningsHOST
The bill was called the It's a bill about holding higher education accountable for a hate-driven BDS activity targeting Jewish students and professors.
Scott JenningsHOST
Tell us about that.
Virginia FoxGUEST
Well – We all know, I think, that in 2023, the university communities across the country went crazy after Israel was hit by discriminating against Jewish students, Jewish faculty, Jewish people.
Virginia FoxGUEST
and promoting anti-Semitism on their campuses.
Virginia FoxGUEST
This bill will do something to punish schools who engage in boycotting, divestiture, and sanctions against Israel.
Virginia FoxGUEST
It requires schools to tell Congress that they are not engaging in BDS activities and prove that they aren't with the report and the statement.
Virginia FoxGUEST
If they do not do that, then they can lose their Title IV money, which goes to financial aid.
ShamimHOST
love that concept of beauty as resistance.
ShamimHOST
But let's talk about resistance through BDS.
ShamimHOST
My family is South African.
ShamimHOST
They left because of apartheid.
ShamimHOST
Boycott divestment had a huge impact in South Africa at the time.
ShamimHOST
And of course, Western governments joined in at some point there, but that is not happening here.
ShamimHOST
The cultural affirmation is important, but how does BDS sit alongside your work? If it does, is it important?
Dima Abu-SbaitanGUEST
I don't see cultural resistance and beauty and BDS as separate or competing approaches.
David HarrisHOST
Number three, the playbook that we've seen in recent years, including after October the 7th, was in so many ways the playbook that was unfolded and displayed in Durban.
David HarrisHOST
The BDS movement was largely born and broadcast in Durban.
David HarrisHOST
Intersectionality, how Different aggrieved groups from around the world will circle the wagons in order to stand together as one with the Palestinian issue overarching and undergirding it all.
David HarrisHOST
That was also on full display in Durban.
Claudia TenneyGUEST
Uh, last year, I wrote the same letter, a very similar letter, uh, to the country of Ireland and to their, their leadership, and I wrote a letter to Secretary Bessent, uh, because this is an IRS issue specifically.
Claudia TenneyGUEST
Section 999 of the Internal Revenue Code specifically says that the United States has to track countries around the world that we do business with, allies, who are attempting to either boycott, divest, or sanction, just like the BDS movement with Israel, allies of ours, and that we should put this on the list because they could put, uh, c- those, our businesses and our American companies at risk by being part of this, uh, sanction boycott movement.
Claudia TenneyGUEST
I sent a letter last year.
Claudia TenneyGUEST
The, uh, Ireland attempted to do it.
Daniel LevyGUEST
So what I'm saying is a long way still to go, but there's a lot to work with here.
Lester KiewitHOST
How close is it to a more formalized BDS project to the Israeli state overall? These sanctions are directed at construction and development in occupied Palestinian territories.
Lester KiewitHOST
the South African government still trades coal with Israel, even though they took them to the ICJ.
Lester KiewitHOST
Is this a step closer to a broader BDS campaign?
Daniel LevyGUEST
So the UK government has been very explicit on that and said no.
Daniel LevyGUEST
And the foreign secretary in his speech rejected the BDS movement.
Daniel LevyGUEST
And he very much framed this as two states.
Daniel LevyGUEST
And the framing was good Israel, bad settlements.
Yoash DvirGUEST
I think someone in the movie says, when you see Intel inside, it's Technion inside.
Lissy AbrahamsHOST
Now go BDS
Yoash DvirGUEST
that, right? Come on, go boycott your phone, go boycott your computer.
Yoash DvirGUEST
Stop using every technology that Israel is involved with.
Ari KahnHOST
No, no, no, you can't talk about Shemitah.
Ari KahnHOST
But numerous times traveling in America, even in England, I've given talks, something to the effect, the cautious organizations in BDS.
Ari KahnHOST
Boycotting Israeli products, which I'm not in favor of.
Ari KahnHOST
Anyway, let's try this again.
Ed MilibandSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hear, hear.
Ed MilibandSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
For this reason, I wholeheartedly oppose the boycott divestment sanctions, or BDS campaign.
Ed MilibandSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The legislation I've announced today will be in place within six to nine months, and we will also take more immediate steps.
Ed MilibandSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Today, we are sanctioning a further set of extremist settlers who have supported or incited acts of violence against Palestinian communities.
speaker_0HOST
This is really big, and I can't see it but a positive, uh, a good step in the right direction.
speaker_0HOST
It's not enough, definitely not enough.
speaker_0HOST
But at the same time, he still says that he opposes BDS.
speaker_0HOST
And I, I really want to hear from you guys.
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