US Senators seek law to impose $1 mn fine, 20 years in jail for boycotting

32 Republicans, 15 Democrats want to make it a felony to boycott Israel

This piece is a joint publication of Foreign Policy In Focus and TheNation.com. 

In 1966, the NAACP of Claiborne County, Mississippi launched a boycott of several white-owned local businesses on the basis of racial discrimination.

It was so impactful that the local hardware store filed a lawsuit against the individuals and organisations who coordinated the boycott. After 10 long years of litigation, the Mississippi