Congress Seeks to Penalize Peaceful Pro-Palestine Movement
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Congress Seeks to Penalize Peaceful Pro-Palestine Movement, Amid Annual AIPAC Lobbying Blitz
By Sam Knight, The District Sentinel
A banner calling for boycotts, divestment and sanctions in opposition to Israeli abuses hangs from the Manhattan Bridge in New York, August 20, 2014. (Photo: Michael Appleton / The New York Times)
The influential pro-Israel group AIPAC is asking supporters to back recently-drafted legislation that seeks to punish a peaceful movement in solidarity with Palestinians.
The organization, which is in Washington this week for an annual policy conference, is dispatching members to lobby lawmakers to pass the bill. One Washington-based group decrying Israel's occupation of Palestine has said the proposal is unconstitutional.
"This dangerous bill seeks...