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<p>July 12, 2011</p>
<p>JERUSALEM – A coalition of Israeli human rights groups said Tuesday it would ask the country&#8217;s Supreme Court to overturn a new law that bans boycotting Jewish West Bank settlements — legislation critics see as the government&#8217;s latest attempt to muzzle dissent.</p>
<p>A spokeswoman for the rights groups, Tamara Traubmann, said the groups would submit their petition to the high court within the coming week.</p>
<p>The organizations have already written a letter of protest to Israeli authorities emphasizing that &#8220;irrespective of their own positions regarding the tactic of boycott, outlawing it severely restricts freedom of expression by targeting non-violent public expressions of opposition to Israeli policies,&#8221; they said in a statement.</p>
<p>The law was approved on Monday even after parliament&#8217;s legal adviser, Eyal Inon, warned that it would violate freedom of expression and was either borderline illegal, if not flatly so.</p>
<p>The contentious legislation was a top news story in Israel, reflecting the fierce debate polarizing a country split between those who champion Israeli dominion over the war-won West Bank for either religious or security reasons and those who advocate a large-scale withdrawal from the territory in exchange for peace with the Palestinians.</p>
<p>It also reflects a backlash among members of the hardline coalition against people and groups who they see as attempting to delegitimize Israel.</p>
<p>The new law lets settlers or settlement-based businesses sue Israelis who promote settlement boycotts. Courts would determine whether a boycott caused direct damage and if so, assess damages.</p>
<p>The law was approved Monday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s hard-line coalition. But Netanyahu and several other leading members of his Cabinet were not present for the vote. A spokesman, Mark Regev, had no immediate explanation for the Israeli leader&#8217;s absence.</p>
<p><a href="http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110712/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians">Source</a></p>
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