Chris Smith: “I want to thank my good friend Mr. Lawler for authoring the IGO Anti-Boycott Act, which amends the Anti-Boycott Act of…”

“I want to thank my good friend Mr. Lawler for authoring the IGO Anti-Boycott Act, which amends the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 to apply its provisions also to international governmental organizations. When this bill becomes law, it will prevent U.S. companies from supporting boycotts of U.S. allies if those boycotts are promoted or imposed by intergovernmental organizations. What is at issue here are boycotts of Israel organized by the antisemitic Boycott, Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement, has enlisted the United Nations and European Union into its attempt to blacklist Israel--really to make Israel into a pariah state. I thank Mr. Lawler as this bill will be a very effective tool in the global fight against antisemitism. As to the UN's blacklist, meant to be an authoritative guide to anti- Israel boycotters, it lists companies operating inside disputed territories--but the UN provides no similar list for any other disputed territory in the world. This is a clear double standard against Israel--it fails Natan Sharansky's ``3Ds'' test according to which we can see the antisemitism of actions toward Israel that apply a double standard against Israel, seek to delegitimize it, or demonize it. In the last 9 months I have chaired or co-chaired three hearings on the United Nations and its pervasive antisemitism. We have heard the testimony and seen the documentation.…”