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YSK that in several US States, it's illegal to boycott Israel

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Davriellelouna@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨youshouldknow@lemmy.world⁩

https://humanservices.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/710-24-0005-Attachment-H-Boycott-Certifications.pdf

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  • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You should know, that’s unconstitutional.

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    • KindnessisPunk@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They basically just ruled that piracy is legal for meta in their case about scraping Anna's archieve for their AI.

      The class divide is very literally getting baked into our legal framework. I know it's always been there, in an unspoken manner, but it's making strides in being letter of the law now.

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      what the fuck is this appeals court smoking?

      A big joint labeled “AIPAC” that got passed to them in a Federalist Society blunt rotation.

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      • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You can ban imports, you cannot dictate that I buy products from fucking Walmart.

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      • hector@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Well also keep in mind that the Israelis have our politicians compromised, not just on the Epstein stuff, probably a range of issues, and seemingly our CIA and FBI did nothing to stop it if not more likely helped them do it.

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    • AlexLost@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      *States

      Fixed it for you. You are welcome.

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      • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Minnesota is in the same appeals circuit and deserves better.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      i really really wish that were true. were it, i’d have the medicines i need.

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      • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Again, controlling imports is a long established power. The government cannot force you to but from a specific business.

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  • TragicNotCute@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The headline you’ve written is factually inaccurate. They prevent the state from doing business with contractors who boycott Israel. It’s a very different thing. The state of Texas also prohibits its state employees from doing the same.

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    • K1nsey6@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Texas takes it several steps further. Victims of Hurricane Harvey had to sign antiBDS statements. Flooding a few months ago added a disclaimer that you recognize the right for Israel to exist

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    • 418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And Kansas. I had to sign a document acknowledging it. I have no intention of honoring that contract.

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  • K1nsey6@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s not just Arkansas, most states have antiBDS laws in place. Many of them do not allow contracting with the state, state employment, or receiving state disaster assistance if you hold BDS ideology. Stars in purple have active antiBDS laws in place

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    • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      BDS?

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      • BaldManGoomba@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions

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  • Strider@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not even American but how would you even prove that? (eg. Not buying certain products…?)

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    • frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The title is misleading. It bans state contractors from boycotting Israel, so there can be a certain amount of checking up.

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      • Strider@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Thank you!

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    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I heard about this a few years ago when I first moved here. It’s only for government contractors.

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      • Strider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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)

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    • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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      • Strider@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Why me? I reached to the (it seems wrongly worded) news.

        Try to be a bit more open minded to foreigners’ questions please.

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  • Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Whether or not a boycott is protected speech is one thing (though I would think it is) but forcing someone to sign a pledge is absolutely compelled speech and a violation of the First Amendment. And from the dissent opinion on this most recent decision, it sounds like the law is ill-formed and overbroad.

    If the government of Arkansas wants to not do business with contractors who boycott Israel, perhaps that’s their right. Forcing a pledge is not.

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  • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Considering that they have rigged consumer devices to explode, I think boycotting them is a very wise decision.

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  • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So if deliberately not buying Israeli stuff is illegal, does that imply everyone has to buy a minimum of Israeli stuff? Or can they continue to not buy Israeli stuff, as long as it’s without mens rea?

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    • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Boycott and just be quiet about it

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  • MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fuck Israel, genocidal scum!

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  • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How can it be illegal to boycott something? You’re required by law to buy things from Israel?

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  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hardly surprising from people whose family tree looks more like a circle.

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    • K1nsey6@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      California and New York have similar laws as do most states. Those in purple have anti BDS laws in place

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    • TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s a really fucked up thing to say. I get it’s a joke, but holy hell.

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      • datavoid@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Wait until you hear about Alabama

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  • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So the state forces you to buy from Israel?

    What a country.

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    • balder1991@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s for State contracts apparently.

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  • Cyberflunk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    America is starting to feel that yoke

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    • HurlingDurling@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Starting? Shit ain’t funny any more… Not that its ever been honestly

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  • mnhs1@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They’d have to shoot me and force my body to eat anything touched by an Israeli. Fuck Arkansas.

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    • TheMinister@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      See, this is where the vitriol crosses the line into wrong. Oppose the genocide, speak out against Zionism. But when you start saying shit like this, you’re just as wrong as anyone who says they dont trust, say, Black people to handle their food.

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      • mnhs1@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You are nuts, comparing black people to the illegal invaders of the Palestinian territory.

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    • dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What’s wrong with my Israeli friend who moved out of Israel 15 years ago and attends pro-Palestine protests?

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      • mnhs1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        He’s not your Israeli friend then. He’s the same from whichever country you came from. He’s okay.

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  • lechekaflan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Kahanist exceptionalism.

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  • Atomic@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    YSK, that’s not what it says or means…

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  • Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    38 states to the best of my knowledge.

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