Cancelled Israel Lorde gig sparks anti-boycott lawsuit

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4. They can pass any law they want.

The question is what right do they have to enforce it? In the US this would be totally unconstitutional. So, Congress could pass such a law, but no court would ever enforce it. If this were to go in front of an Israeli court I don't know what would happen, but I hope that Israeli justices would reach the same conclusion. Even if they didn't, how would Israel enforce a judgment against the New Zealanders? The Israelis would have to go to New Zealand to get any money. There's a process in most countries for turning a foreign judgment into a local judgment, called domesticating. But, There's no way a New Zealand court would domesticate a judgment on this law, so there's no way the Israelis could enforce it outside of Israel, even if they could enforce it in Israel.

None of this means that Lorde or the New Zealanders have done something good. They haven't, but they have the right to be stupid and wrong.