I heard about this a few years ago when I first moved here. It’s only for government contractors.
Comment on YSK that in several US States, it's illegal to boycott Israel
Strider@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m not even American but how would you even prove that? (eg. Not buying certain products…?)
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Strider@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ah, I see.
US headlines are often misleading internationally so that helps!
(of course one could read each article but thats hardly possible in total)
GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Don’t put words in the mouth of the law. We have something similar in TX. If you are a government employee you have to agree not to “boycott Israel”. It doesn’t say boycott Israeli products or companies. It says “boycott Israel” itself, so you just can’t say that you’ll never travel there.
Strider@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why me? I reached to the (it seems wrongly worded) news.
Try to be a bit more open minded to foreigners’ questions please.
GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It wasn’t meant as a slight to you. It was more a comment on how they worded the law.
Kind of like how the news will turn trumps ramblings into coherent thoughts. We shouldn’t modify the language of poorly written laws to make sense of them. That hurts the people governed by them.
Strider@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I see, thanks for clearing that up.
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
The title is misleading. It bans state contractors from boycotting Israel, so there can be a certain amount of checking up.
Strider@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Thank you!