# Anti-Israel boycott ban: how is this possibly legal?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 20, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-israel-boycott-ban-how-is-this-possibly-legal/791688 "2017-07-20T01:38:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-israel-boycott-ban-how-is-this-possibly-legal/791688/21 "2017-07-21T02:40:49Z")

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Putting aside the central issue for a moment, did anyone else get confused trying to figure out which side an “Anti-Israel boycott ban” was on?

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-israel-boycott-ban-how-is-this-possibly-legal/791688/22 "2017-07-21T12:26:59Z")

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> The BDS movement does not advocate for a particular solution to the conflict and does not call for either a “one state solution” or a “two state solution”.

Stated BDS positions [do not appear compatible](http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.654282) with this declaration.

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