JEWISH PRESS
Israeli Supreme Court President: BDS Not Entitled to Freedom of Speech
by JNi.Media
February 12, 2018

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut told an international conference on BDS that any public call for a cultural, academic or economic boycott of an individual or institution solely because of their connection to the State of Israel is a civil wrong that constitutes grounds for a tort claim, Makor Rishon reported. More than 200 lawyers from Israel and the world gathered for three days of workshops and lectures at the first international conference of jurists against BDS, held this week in Jerusalem…Israel’s 2011 Law for Prevention of Damage to State of Israel through Boycott, a.k.a. the Boycott law, states that individuals or organizations who publicize a call for an economic, cultural or academic boycott against a person or entity merely because of its affiliation to the State of Israel and/or to an Israeli institute and/or to a specific region under Israeli control, may be sued civilly, in tort, by a party claiming that it might be damaged by such a boycott. READ MORE