Illinois state legislators and local advocates are pushing to repeal a law that allows Illinois to sanction businesses that boycott Israel.

It comes the same week a team of independent experts commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza , issuing a report that calls on the international community to end the genocide and act to punish those responsible for it.

State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid introduced the House bill in February, though it has since been relegated to the Rules Committee. He, along with State Rep. Lilian Jimenez, State Sen. Graciela Guzman and local advocates, said the legislation was intentionally being held up and called on other elected leaders to allow it to face a vote.

Illinois law, passed in 2015, stops the Illinoi

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