The announcement came during a speech by the Queen of England on 10 May, delivered by Prince Charles on her behalf at the opening of Parliament. The Prince said the government would "introduce legislation to prevent public bodies from engaging in boycotts that undermine community cohesion."
The bill is seen as an attempt to silence the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which seeks to pressure the Israeli government to end its occupation of Palestine.
According to Al Mayadeen, this is not the first time the Conservative Party has attempted to pass legislation prohibiting public agencies from engaging with BDS organizations, but previous attempts to sign the bill into law were rejected by the Supreme Court, in part due to a lack of adequate legislation.
Pro-Palestinian groups in the UK have condemned the bill and announced that they will oppose it.
Yasmine Ahmed, UK Director of Human Rights Watch, said:
"Any anti-boycott laws are likely to stop public sector bodies from doing the right thing and disentangling themselves from human rights abuses."The Friends of Al Aqsa movement (FOA) said in a statement:
"In the case of Palestine, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is a peaceful movement calling on Israel to comply with international law and end the illegal occupation of Palestine."Since 2005, the BDS movement has sought the boycott of all Israeli products manufactured on illegally occupied Palestinian land.
The human rights organization, Amnesty International, confirmed on 10 February, that actions by Israel against Palestinians constitute the crime of apartheid.
According to the BDS movement:
"The Amnesty International report is the latest in a series of studies confirming what Palestinian and international human rights experts and advocates have been saying for decades: Israel is perpetrating the crime of apartheid against the indigenous Palestinian people."On the same day that the British government announced plans to prohibit acts of boycott against Israel, Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Aqla Nasri, a renowned Palestinian-American journalist, was shot in the head by occupation troops in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. Journalists were covering the latest Israeli raid on Jenin when occupation troops opened fire on them.
Israel has been storming cities in the West Bank after a series of retaliatory operations by Palestinians in the occupied territories. Jenin is seen as the heart of Palestinian armed resistance within the occupied West Bank.
The Lord speaking to Solomon....
1Ki 9:5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
1Ki 9:6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
1Ki 9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
1Ki 9:8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
1Ki 9:9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
Does anyone think for one second the Lord has forgotten this? I can guarantee you there are millions of Jews who have. It all has to play out, good and bad, right or wrong. Anything the Nation of Israel does today has an evil undertone to it. They brought it on themselves and still do. The area's that are in dispute are the same area's of Israel that they never got rid of the enemy from, they let them dwell amongst them. (Does that really sound relevant today, with all the migrant issues, legal an illegal) What seems wrong today, was what was supposed to be done back in the day. This is their last chance. There are those today, trying to correct the wrongs of the past, but is that specifically required to be done today? It is for Prophesy to be fulfilled. I think it's open for debate as the Jewish Nation is corrupted, it's not about them being a Nation anymore, they blew that chance, umpteen times. No it's about converting those (most) back to their true God. In these end times, most are not trying. Most love the teachings and frills of Satan way too much, to give any amount of themselves to GOD.
Even when it is going to look like things are getting better for them, that's when all hell is going to break loose. The Hebrews seem to have a propensity for cutting corners, when it comes to God and it's all to their detriment. The Zionists on the other hand, well, to me they are evil, because they adhere to At All Costs. So At All Costs they are trying to achieve what Solomon and those before him did not, At All Cost. Which again will be their downfall as a nation. 5000+ years to learn the simple lesson. How much time does one group of people need? Time is timeless to God. According to the Bible, the Nation will not be saved, only those who truly believe and live by the works they need to perform will be, and those who believe in Christ. But the vast majority of these people will not make it to the side of God.
As I see it, regardless what happens now, how bad it may seem, how disgusting it may come across, this whole Israel thing is going to play out. I watch for the marks that Israel hits, according to prophecy and I try to share what I know as I learn what I need to do, to be at one with Jesus and YHWH.
So as much as I hate news like this, I understand that it has to play out. Watch and learn or sit back with the popcorn and enjoy this show.