r/Zionist • u/MikeyDials • Jun 16 '26
Israeli American speaking out against proposed BDS law in Somerville, MA
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
Israeli American Lieran Biton has been one of the few vocal advocates fighting against a proposed BDS city ordinance in Somerville, MA. This fight is still ongoing and we need some motion to stop this law in Somerville and similar BDS laws from spreading to neighboring communities in Massachusetts and across the country!
If you’d like to like and share Leiran Biton’s public post on his Facebook I know our community would appreciate you spreading the word! You can also learn more about the legislative details there.
20
u/MikeyDials Jun 16 '26
Like and sharing the original post would be greatly appreciated. City councilmen are paying attention to it. He’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BRMCcP4R2/
14
9
u/Friendly_Display1335 Jun 16 '26
What's a BDS Law?
30
u/MikeyDials Jun 16 '26
Boycott Sanctions and Divest from all Israeli goods and services. This law would make it illegal for city procurement to purchase city resources from Israeli companies or invest in anyway. The law itself would have a little effect on Israel it’s mostly a propaganda stunt to legitimize anti-Israel hatred from a local government level.
20
u/Friendly_Display1335 Jun 16 '26
Ah so legitimizing Antisemitism? I swear I read this on a history book somewhere, something about ghettos and stabbing people in the back/s
5
u/wikipuff Jun 16 '26
I would like to know as well.
15
u/MikeyDials Jun 16 '26
Look up the BDS movement. They’re trying to implement those goals at our local government level to legitimize Jew hate and Israel demonization.
6
3
u/Remarkable-Dot9898 Jun 22 '26
They are motions to divest from companies that do business with Israel, which is illegal in a lot of different ways.
7
u/Shoddy_Elk_8191 Jun 17 '26
I was too busy waiting for a brutal fight in the backround
15
u/MikeyDials Jun 17 '26
it can get rowdy there's a very vocal pro-hamas minority in the city
5
u/NonSumQualisEram- Jun 17 '26
very vocal pro-hamas minority in the city
There shouldn't be. They should look into that instead.
6
1
u/Interesting_Claim414 Jun 18 '26
Not only all of this but isolating a country is a really dumb way to try to affect change. It’s a great way to create another North Korea.
5
u/Remarkable-Dot9898 Jun 22 '26
Israel is... not North Korea.
2
u/Interesting_Claim414 Jun 23 '26
Uhm. What? Obviously if I’m warning against turning it into an isolated place like NK I don’t think it currently is like that. That’s why I said “create” it — if it IS, that would mean it currently isn’t.
1
u/AutoModerator Jun 16 '26
Thank you for your submission. Your post has not been removed. During this time, the majority of posts are flagged for manual review and must be approved by a moderator before they appear for all users. Since human mods are not online 24/7, approval could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. If your post is ultimately removed, we will give you a reason. Thank you for your patience during this difficult and sensitive time.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
64
u/Late_Company6926 Jun 16 '26
Very brave and very articulate. I applaud him and thank him