. >> to combat israeli boycotts are unconstitutional, amani says lies in all the measures, eliminate discussion on bds in public discourse. eric says i leave this constitutionality to the courts. those try to delegitimize, says, scoda, has said, yousef, one of the influences of congress to pass this bill what they say is the undue influence of the israeli lobbies on the u.s. political system. do you think there is a influence and do you think if this influence exists does it in the long run actually hurt israel's interest and reputation? >> well, to the question of what the lawmakers have in for pushing this legislation, the legislation came after the former israeli ambassador from the u.s. asked for this to be put forward so they respond to that in congress. i think bigger issue here is that american lawmakers, i think, are already doing enough, a horrible, horrible things to support israeli policies that are tra tramp tram trampling ope rights of american citizens to continue supporting israel to occupy and colonize palestinian territory. everybody should really take a very strong