In the US it is illegal to boycott or organise a boycott of Israeli products, goods and services.

So you want to boycott Israel and organise boycotts of Israeli goods? - well if you live in the US - its illegal.

The Bureau of Industry and Security / Department of Commerce has a handy website laying down the law .

For example ;

Who Is Covered by the Laws?

The antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) apply to the activities of U.S. persons in the interstate or foreign commerce of the United States. The term "U.S. person" includes all individuals, corporations and unincorporated associations resident in the United States, including the permanent domestic affiliates of foreign concerns. U.S. persons also include U.S. citizens abroad (except when they reside abroad and are employed by non-U.S. persons) and the controlled in fact affiliates of domestic concerns. The test for "controlled in fact" is the ability to establish the general policies or to control the day to day operations of the foreign affiliate.

The scope of the EAR, as defined by Section 8 of the EAA, is limited to actions taken with intent to comply with, further, or support an unsanctioned foreign boycott.

It is of couse OK to boycott Cuba but those ARab league inspired efforts ...noway Jose.

It doesn't look like Naomi Klein who writes in today's Guradian Enough. It's time for a boycott The best way to end the bloody occupation is to target Israel with the kind of movement that ended apartheid in South Africa ... knows this.

She tells a heartwarming story of commercial calculation about, Richard Ramsey, managing director of a British telecom (company) specialising in voice-over-internet services, sent an email to the Israeli tech firm MobileMax: "As a result of the Israeli government action in the last few days we will no longer be in a position to consider doing business with yourself or any other Israeli company."

Ramsey says his decision wasn't political; he just didn't want to lose customers. "We can't afford to lose any of our clients," he explains, "so it was purely commercially defensive."