While U.S. politicians have jumped over themselves to impose sanctions on Russia, widespread anti-BDS sentiment among politicians has advocates iced out of public debate
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violent. When escalated hostilities turned into a lopsided war, more than 25 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank and at least another 240 Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip. Hamas also fired thousands of rockets into Israel during the same period, killing at least 12 people. The Biden administration did not issue sanctions after the attacks.
Advocates for the BDS movement say that sanctions are often applied for a wide array of violations, and that could include a military occupation. As the outrage against the invasion of Ukraine intensifies, sanctions and boycotts against Russia continue to mount, even on the state level. Governors from Texas, Ohio, New Hampshire, Iowa and North Carolina, most of which have anti-BDS legislation in place, have told retailers to pull Russian alcohol from their stores. In New York, legislators introduced a bill that would divest from Russian companies.
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