From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by David Palumbo-Liu was published by The Hill on August 16, 2017.
“The fight to protect free speech, as essential and laudable as it is, is only one part of the picture. What is lost if we focus solely on free speech rights are the human rights violations that would be obscured and blanketed by the anti-boycott bills. And these rights properly belong to the Palestinians. In short, these Democrats are concerned with protecting the free speech rights of Americans; they have little or no concern about the very aim of the boycotts, which is to secure the human rights of Palestinians suffering under the repressive regime of the state of Israel.”
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