omar barghouti omar barghouti from the united states point of view as a foreign agent with terror links the islamic jihad p f l p a mass and other designated terror get as asians by the united states and europe so they don't like to have those types of terror linked individuals coming into the united states. to date over half of all u.s. states have introduced laws that penalize boycotts against israel earlier this year the senate passed a bill allowing states to terminate contracts with entities which support the boycott movement omar barghouti again says that this legislation comes from fear of the movement growing in popularity. the u.s. supreme court ruled that boycotts for political social and economic change are considered free speech protected by the first amendment of the us constitution so all those twenty seven states are following israel's orders basically but they're violating their own u.s. constitution we will challenge that we are challenging that in u.s. courts a.c.l.u. is challenging at least three states on their antidemocratic. laws and we think we will prevail in this struggle israel is trying to suppress b.d.s. from above by passing laws because it has miserably failed to stop the immense growth of the movement at the grassroots level among the unions churches women's groups energy beauty groups and so on and so forth. the chinese take charge while ways been making headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent months but claims its products helped spy on countries for beijing but now the belgian

and the closing of free and the prohibition of free speech but this is not the issue of omar barghouti omar barghouti from the united states' point of view is a foreign agent with terror links to the islamic jihad p f l p hamas and other designated terror get as asians by the united states and europe so they don't like to have those types of terror linked individuals coming into the united states today over half of all u.s. states have introduced and always penalizing boycotts against israel and this year the senate passed a bill allowing states to terminate contracts with entities which support the boycott movement oh mom says this legislation comes from fear of the movement growing in popularity the u.s. supreme court ruled that boycotts for political social and economic change are considered free speech protected by the first amendment of the us constitution so all those twenty seven states are following israel's orders basically but they're violating their own u.s. constitution we will challenge that we are challenging that in u.s. courts a.c.l.u. is challenging at least three states under antide

and the closing of free and the prohibition of free speech but this is not the issue of omar barghouti omar barghouti from the united states' point of view as a foreign agent with terror links the islamic jihad p f l p hamas and other designated terror get as asians by the united states in europe so they don't like to have those types of terror linked individuals coming into the united states. to date over half of all u.s. states have introduced laws penalizing boycotts against israel earlier this year the senate passed a bill that allowed states to terminate contracts with entities that support the boycott movement. says that this legislation comes from fear and they could be growing in popularity. the u.s. supreme court ruled that boycotts for political social and economic change are considered free speech protected by the first amendment of the us constitution so all those twenty seven states are following israel's orders basically but they're violating their own u.s. constitution we will challenge that we are challenging that in u.s. courts a.c.l.u. is challenging at least three states on their a

omar barghouti omar barghouti from the united states point of view as a foreign agent with terror links the islamic jihad p f l p hamas and other designated terror get as asians by the united states in europe so they don't like to have those types of terror linked individuals coming into the united states to date more than half of all u.s. states have introduced laws that penalize boycotts against israel earlier in the year the senate passed a bill that allowed states to terminate contracts with entities that support the boycott movement is omarbarghouti again he says that this legislation comes from fear the movement might be growing the u.s. supreme court ruled that boycotts for political social and economic change are considered free speech protected by the first amendment of the us constitution so all those twenty seven states are following orders basically but they're violating their own u.s. constitution we will challenge that we are challenging that in u.s. courts a.c.l.u. is challenging at least three states on their antidemocratic. laws and we think we will prevail. struggle israel is trying to suppress b.d.s. from above by passing laws because it has miserably failed to stop the immense growth of the movement at the grassroots level among the unions churches women's groups energy beauty groups and so on and so forth. the chinese tech giant while ways been making headlines for a lot of the wrong reasons in recent months amid claims its products help spy on countries for beijing and now the belgian center for cyber se

and the closing of free and the prohibition of free speech but this is not the issue of omar barghouti omar barghouti from the united states' point of view is a foreign agent with terror links the islamic jihad p f l p hamas and other designated terror get as asians by the united states and europe so they don't like to have those types of terror linked individuals coming into the united states also date over half of all u.s. states have introduced laws penalizing boycotts against israel earlier this year the senate passed the bill allowing states to terminate contracts with entities which support the boycott movement. says this legislation comes from fear of the government the movement growing in popularity. the u.s. supreme court ruled that boycotts for political social and economic change are considered free speech protected by the first amendment of the us constitution so all those twenty seven states are following orders basically but they're violating their own u.s. constitution we will challenge that we are challenging that in u.s. courts a.c.l.u. is challenging at least if three states on thei

omar barghouti omar barghouti from the united states point of view as a foreign agent with terror links the islamic jihad p f l p how mass and other designated terror organizations by the united states and europe so they don't like to have those types of terror linked individuals coming into the united states. to date over half of all u.s. states of introduced laws penalizing boycotts against israel earlier in the year the senate passed a bill that allowed states that terminate contracts with entities which support the boycott movement is omar barghouti again he says that this legislation comes from fear of the movement growing in popularity. the u.s. supreme court ruled that boycotts for political social and economic change are considered free speech protected by the first amendment of the us constitution so all those twenty seven states are following israel's orders basically but they're violating their own u.s. constitution we will challenge that we are challenging that in u.s. courts a.c.l.u. is challenging at least three states on their antidemocratic. laws and we think we will prevail in their struggle israel is trying to suppress b.d.s. from above by passing laws because it has miserably failed to stop the immense growth of the movement at the grassroots level among the unions churches women's groups energy beauty groups and so on and so forth. let's go back to our breaking news story this hour the huge fire that some of the world famous not done cathedral in central paris president has now arrived at the scene here

omar barghouti. he was scheduled to join us from -- in our democracy now! studio in new york today, but instead he joins us from ramallah in the west bank. omar barghouti is the author of "boycott, divestment, sanctions: the global struggle for palestinian rights." welcome to democracy now! can you describe what happened when you got to the airport in tel aviv on wednesday? >> sure, the airline told me there was an issue with my visa. my visa was valid until 2021, so they called u.s. consulate in tel aviv and after a long delay, just as i was boarding, they prevented me from boarding thing the u.s. consulate had told them that there is an immigration issue, a ban of sorts against me, which was quite unbelievable. i have been to the united states many, many times, including on this same visa. juan: omararghouti, in the past it has been israel that has tried to limit your ability to travel and banned you. how wewere you able to get suspension of the israeli efforts to stop you from traveling and were you surprised this time it was the united states that stepped in? >> yes, indeed. since 2014, israel has prevented or tried quite a few times to prevent me from traveling for refusing to renew my settlement permit. this was condemned by amnesty international, including february of this year, as an arbitrary measure of punishing me for my human rights activities in the bds movement. this was quite surprising that to itshas outsourced allies in the white house. israel has oututsourced a lot of ideals.rthyite anti-democratic, anti-bds movements. but this is the first time we are aware of that this micro level of repression is done by the u.s. as a proxy for israel. amy: can you respond to your denial by the trump administration into the united states, what you have the say to them? yes, i th