Double standards in criticizing Israel's anti-boycott law

Law professor Eugene Kontorovich points out some of the double standards being invoked by critics of Israel's anti-boycott law. Most European nations – and Israel – have numerous laws criminalizing speech that would not conceivably pass muster under the First Amendment. This does not mean these countries deny freedom of speech; merely that there are competing ideas.But even the US has a law

The New York Times slams the anti-boycott law

We are undoubtedly the only country in the World outside the United States to which the New York Times would pay this much attention. In an editorial in Monday's editions, the Times slams the anti-boycott law. The law, approved in a 47-to-38 vote by Parliament, effectively bans any public call for a boycott — economic, cultural or academic — against Israel or its West Bank settlements, making