Jewish groups urge Treasury, State to clarify response to European settlement sanctions
A coalition of Jewish groups including the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, StandWithUs and the National Jewish Advocacy Center wrote letters to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging them to clarify their response to European governments’ new sanctions on businesses in territories they deem occupied by Israel.
“American companies should not be left to assume that silence from the United States means they may comply with foreign-government demands to participate in boycotts of Israel without potential consequences under U.S. law. We seek the application and enforcement of existing U.S. law, not new sanctions or retaliatory trade measures against foreign governments,” the organizations told Bessent. “The need for a clear public statement is immediate.”
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