• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Someone already linked the Wikipedia article.

    But to expound on that, some US states make people sign a pledge to not participate in BDS if they have a job or even just contract with the state.

    It’s incredibly fucked up and few people talk about it.

    Inside every major contract Missouri signs with a business sits a clause about boycotting Israel.

    All but the smallest companies have to agree not to participate in any movement that aims to boycott, divest from or sanction companies in Israel.

    Missouri isn’t alone. At least 36 other states have anti-BDS (boycott, divest or sanction) measures that bar state contractors from refusing to do business in Israel, or otherwise boycotting or divesting from the country or its occupied territories.

    https://kcbeacon.org/stories/2023/10/24/missouri-anti-bds-israel-contracts/

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        7 months ago

        The American Israeli Public Affairs Committee is one of the largest political lobbies in the United States.

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          7 months ago

          I know and I always thought that is bullshit, but making it (for all intends and purposes) illegal to boycot companies from another country is next level. That’s giving away freedoms of your own citizens purely to the advantage of another country. That is insane.

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            7 months ago

            Isn’t it? And it has been going on since long before you and me heard about it. The best we can do for justice is to just spread truths like this, because the only reason injustices like that find so much success is that they are hidden and done in secret.