say: Oh, it is a privilege to do business with the government. What if you are a physician and half of your business is with the government? What if you are a nurse? Half of the healthcare in our country is paid for by the government. What if you are a teacher and you work in the public schools? Are we going to ask all of these people to take a litmus test that they are not going to boycott or protest against their government’s policy? What kind of country would we live in? Yet it is groupthink around here. Everybody is so paranoid and saying: Oh, we can’t object to this lobby. Because this lobby is so powerful, we can’t object to them. Look, it isn’t about the ideas; it is about the freedom of speech. See also Anti-BDS laws Israel Anti-Boycott Act External links Breaking Down the Combating BDS Act of 2019 and First Amendment Challenges to State Anti-BDS Laws, March 19, 2019. Nathaniel Sobel. Lawfare. References Anti-Palestinian sentiment Freedom of expression law Israel–United States relations Opposition to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Proposed legislation of the 116th United States Congress Zionism in the United States