Yossi Held | The Times of Israel | May 24, 2026
A recent Mondoweiss article attempts to frame the effort to repeal Illinois’ anti-BDS law as a civil rights campaign and even suggests it could become a national model. That framing is deeply misleading.
This debate is not about silencing anyone. It is about whether Illinois should allow public pension dollars to be invested in companies that participate in discriminatory boycotts targeting the world’s only Jewish state.
Yossi Held is the Executive Director of StandWithUs Midwest, an international nonpartisan education organization that supports Israel and combats antisemitism.
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