爱荷华州总检察长领衔13州联署致信英荷：要求停止对以色列制裁，称其损害美国企业
爱荷华州总检察长办公室11月9日宣布，总检察长 Brenna Bird 正领衔一个由13个州总检察长组成的联盟，联署致信大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国（英国）与荷兰王国，要求两国停止实施针对以色列的反以制裁。
据总检察长办公室说明，英国与荷兰近日宣布，打算对以色列的某些经济活动实施贸易制裁。联署信认为，这类贸易限制意在干预以色列的政治进程、损害其主权权利；通过影响以色列开展国际贸易的能力，英国与荷兰站到了哈马斯、真主党等反以色列、反美恐怖组织的政策目标一边。
联署信指出，制裁影响的不只是以色列，也包括美国。按美国法律以及许多州的法律，美国公司不得与抵制以色列的公司或政府组织交易；英国与荷兰实施制裁、把美国公司排除在与两国的贸易之外，直接影响美国企业主的经济机会与贸易能力。
Brenna Bird 说：「这些制裁对美国企业不利。通过限制贸易市场并实施制裁，一些国家选择让自己的政策与恐怖组织站在一起、而不是与我们在中东最亲密的盟友站在一起，爱荷华州的经济将因此受损。我们要求英国与荷兰结束这些制裁，停止干预美国人从事国际贸易的能力。」
共同签署联署信的还有阿拉巴马州、阿肯色州、佛罗里达州、佐治亚州、堪萨斯州、路易斯安那州、密西西比州、密苏里州、蒙大拿州、俄亥俄州、俄克拉荷马州与南卡罗来纳州的总检察长。
（来源：爱荷华州总检察长办公室）
Iowa Attorney General Leads 13-State Letter Urging UK and Netherlands to Stop Anti-Israel Sanctions
Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced she is leading a coalition of 13 state attorneys general in a letter urging the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to stop their implementation of anti-Israel sanctions, the Iowa Attorney General's office announced on November 9.
The UK and the Netherlands recently announced their intent to impose trade sanctions targeting certain economic activity in Israel. These restrictions on trade attempt to interfere with Israel's political process and hurt their right to sovereignty. Additionally, by trying to affect Israel's ability to conduct international trade, the UK and the Netherlands are aligning themselves with the policy objectives of anti-Israel and anti-American terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, the letter says.
These sanctions will impact not only Israel, but the United States. Under U.S. law, as well as the law of many states, American companies are not allowed to engage in trade with companies or government organizations that boycott Israel. By enacting sanctions and excluding U.S. companies from trading with the UK and Netherlands, these nations are directly impacting American business owners' economic opportunities and ability to trade.
'These sanctions are bad for American business,' said Attorney General Brenna Bird. 'By limiting trade markets and imposing sanctions, Iowa's economy will be hurt by countries choosing to align their policies with terrorist organizations instead of our closest ally in the Middle East. We are asking the UK and the Netherlands to end these sanctions and stop interfering with Americans' ability to engage in international trade.'
Attorney General Brenna Bird is joined in signing this letter by the attorneys general of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.
(Source: Iowa Attorney General)
来源：爱荷华州总检察长办公室
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图片来源：图：位于 Des Moines 的爱荷华州议会大厦。Carol M. Highsmith 摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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