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Israel has enacted two anti-BDS laws, the 2011 [[Law for Prevention of Damage to State of Israel through Boycott]]<ref name=rulingnews>{{Cite news|url=https://jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/High-Court-rules-on-boycott-law-398206|title=High Court upholds part of Anti-Boycott Law, strikes part and splits on '1967 Israel'|work=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref> and the 2017 [[Amendment No. 28 to the Entry Into Israel Law]]. The former criminalizes calls to boycott Israel and the latter prohibits foreigners who call for such boycotts from entering Israel or its [[Israeli settlements|settlements]].<ref name=haaretz_tips>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.775796|title=Israel’s New Travel Ban: A Survival Kit for Activists Stopped at Israel's Airport|first=Judy|last=Maltz|date=9 March 2017|publisher=|accessdate=30 March 2017|work=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref> In 2019, Israel caused some controversy by denying entry to two BDS-supporting U.S. Representatives, [[Rashida Tlaib]] and [[Ilhan Omar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/world/middleeast/bds-israel-boycott.html/|title=The Anti-Boycott Law Israel Used to Bar Both Omar and Tlaib|date=15 August 2019|website=The New York Times|access-date= 15 August 2019}}</ref>
In December 2019, the British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] government under Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]] announced that it would attempt to pass a law banning local councils from supporting BDS.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-bds-law-israel-boycott-divestment-sanctions-palestine-a9248801.html|title=Boris Johnson to pass law banning anti-Israel boycott, official says|last=Osborne|first=Samuel|date=16 December 2019|website=The Independent|accessdate=16 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=U.K.'s Conservative Party vows to ban councils from boycotting Israeli products - Europe | website=Haaretz.com | date=November 24, 2019 | url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-u-k-s-conservative-party-vows-to-ban-councils-from-boycotting-israeli-products-1.8168796 | access-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref>
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