Talk:Israel Anti-Boycott Act

Extremely subjective content

This article appears to be corrupted with extensive subjective content (possibly on both sides of the issue, or multiple sides), not sourced-and-documented (lacking appropriate reference citations).

For instance, I just deleted this unsourced statement:

"The settlements, have been built on land which Israel captured during the 1976 war is in violation of international law. The Israel Anti-Boycott Act widens the attempt to silence one side of the debate which is not in the interest of Israel, the United States, or both of their democratic traditions."

These are utterly subjective remarks -- valid or not -- and utterly inappropriate for Wikipedia, as indicated in WP:NPOV

Someone needs to go through this very troubled article, and clean it up. Likely, much of the material (on all sides of the issue) should be removed because it is un-sourced, speculative and/or subjective commentary -- and, in many cases, seemingly redundant or spurious.

Examples include the frequent speculative comments about expected pending legislation, which seem to reflect an opinion, or a wish, or a fear, but not a documented fact. If it hasn't happened, and there is no documentation of anyone's statement that it will, then this material should be stricken from the article. The editors who inserted such speculative remarks should consider reviewing their other edits, elsewhere, to see if this is a habitual error.

Sloppy content like this discredits Wikipedia and its contributors. ~ Penlite (talk) 11:48, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

In acknowledgement of the critique , I also deleted this un-sourced subjective commentary from the end of the "Combatting BDS Act" section:

"The fact that different organizations associated with anti-discrimination and protection of rights and liberties can be split on the issue of BDS exemplifies what a hot-button issue this is and how divisive it can be."

~ Penlite (talk) 12:08, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Removing the link to anti-Semitism

The assumption that the BDS movement is "anti-Semitic" or that support for BDS is in itself anti-Semitism is hugely subjective and as importantly hugely faulty. There shouldn't be a link to anti-Semitism here, nor should it be added to the page on BDS under any circumstances. Removed. 2607:FEA8:A4C0:75:813E:52AA:886A:2E71 (talk) 06:41, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Anti-BDS laws

Not sure if anyone has this article on their watchlist.. I've been "poaching" content from this article which I'm moving to Anti-BDS laws which is a new article I have started. I think this article, Israel Anti-Boycott Act, should only contain content that is directly related to the act itself. ImTheIP (talk) 23:49, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Effects of anti boycott Israel laws

In many states i have issues finding work due to wearing a kufi which is suppose to b protected

but in my state a company can b fined or can discriminate against u simply for looking like u may b against Israel

many others have lost jobs simply refusing to sign away their first amendment 2601:5C5:4202:3480:2951:B85B:26A3:A135 (talk) 06:35, 18 October 2023 (UTC)