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The Missouri Capitol building. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, signed a bill into law on Monday to prohibit the state contracting with companies that boycott Israel. As such, it has become the 32nd state to enact…
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People sunbathe at Playa De Palma beach, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, June 14, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Enrique Calvo. The parliament of Spain’s Balearic Islands passed a bill earlier this month condemning the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS)…
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The Texas state legislature. Photo: Texas Legislature. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging Texas’s anti-BDS law, ruling that the lawsuit is moot because the legislation was modified. The anti-BDS law was…
read moreA woman wearing a T-shirt which reads, “Boycott Israel”, takes part in a demonstration in favour of the occupied Palestinian people of Gaza in Brussels December 27, 2011. (photo credit: REUTERS/SEBASTIAN SCHEINER/POOL) The Munich Peace Conference has rejected Marian Offman,…
read moreSupporters of the South African BDS campaign rally in Johannesburg on May 31, 2019. Photo: Screenshot. The influential lobby in South Africa advocating a boycott of the State of Israel was forced into a climbdown this week, as it abandoned…
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Leading Austrian lawmakers have vowed they will declare the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign targeting Israel as antisemitic during the next legislative session. “We hope that words will be followed by deeds and that… there will soon be a parliamentary…
read moreKentucky Gov. Matt Bevin. Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr. Kentucky became the 22nd state to enact legislation prohibiting state contractors from boycotting Israel. About a half-dozen other states have executive orders or resolutions. “Kentucky condemns the #BDS movement and refuses to tolerate boycott-related tactics…
read moreThe wall between the West Bank and East Jerusalem — in Texas, silence is also golden when it comes to criticizing Israel.DZarzycka/iStock Texas’ law banning government agencies from doing business with people or other businesses that support the boycott, divestment…
read moreState Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe traveled to Israel to deliver a pen to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The pen was used by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to sign House Bill 89, also known as the Anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions)…
read moreI’ve perhaps never seen as much misinformation and bad legal analysis regarding a given issue than about state laws that require state contractors to certify that they do not boycott Israel or those who do business with Israel, otherwise known…
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