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Red states are leading the charge against the Boycott the Jews (BDS) Movement. In January it was South Dakota. This week its Missouri and Oklahoma. Both Governors Mike Parson and Kevin Still will sign the anti-BDS legislation into law in the coming days. Thirty states have now enacted anti-BDS legislation. Of the thirty governors who have signed such legislation into law, twenty two have been from the Republican Party. Kudos to CUFI for doing such an incredible job in fighting the BDS Movement.
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Oklahoma Legislature Passes Anti-BDS Law
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The Oklahoma State Senate passed a law on May 15 barring the state government from providing contracts to companies that boycott Israel.
According to a press release from the office of State Rep. Mark McBride (R), who authored the bill, the law also would prevent the state government from leveraging an entity to boycott Israel. The bill also doesn’t apply to contracts valued below $100,000.
The bill passed the State Senate with 36 votes in favor and seven against; it passed the State House on May 4 with 75 votes in favor and 20 against.
“This legislation recognizes Oklahoma’s relationship with and support of Israel as one of Oklahoma’s largest trading partners and the staunchest ally of the United States’ in the Middle East,” McBride said in a statement. “In a time when there are people and nations that would like to see Israel cease to exist as a nation, this legislation is more important than ever.”
The press release noted that Israel is Oklahoma’s 12th largest trading partner, accounting nearly $104 million of the state’s exports.
StandWithUs CEO and co-founder Roz Rothstein tweeted, “GREAT news! 30 states now have anti-BDS [boycott, divestment and sanctions] legislation!! The newest state to come on board is Oklahoma!”
GREAT news! 30 states now have anti-BDS legislation!! The newest state to come on board is Oklahoma!!! @StandWithUs
— Roz Rothstein (@RozRothstein) May 20, 2020
On May 14, the Missouri legislature passed a similar anti-BDS bill.
“Israelis and Palestinians want peace, they want investment not divestment, and they want for the whole region to prosper,” American Jewish Committee St. Louis Regional Director Nancy Lisker said in a statement at the time. “Through this legislation both economies, Missouri’s and Israel’s, will continue to grow.”
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8 Comments
3 years ago
27 in the OK Senate and House voted against the Jews. Were all 27 democrats?
3 years ago
Reply to
tituspullo
The roll call has not been posted yet, Democrats however did speak out against the bill as being unconstutional.
3 years ago
Reply to
Nefarious420
supporting jihadis is constitutional for demonrats
Trump fights for what is Right. Dems do it for what is immoral/wrong/evil
while Left/liberal pro-jihadi run EU is turning into islamic hellhole with more jihadi attacks Trump is shutting down jihadi funding that has been running for decades now
http://offtrade.net/cnmnews/trump-stops-funding-palestinian-terrorists/
Left/Liberal Loons say that makes him “racist” , “islamophobe” . Guess what ? Trump gives a damn .
And that reason why people love him !
3 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
I live in the Navy Blue state of NY, and the democratic rule of NY and the welcoming of Vitriolic Jew haters has me strongly considering moving to a red state. Most people from Blue states move to red states to get out of the Democratic hell they are in, then vote to turn them into the same hellholes they fled from.
Kind of reminds me of Muslims who flee sharia countries and come west to try to make their new countries Sharia compliant.
3 years ago
every nation that has screwed Israel is in poor shape or no longer exist –
The Jew who Financed the American Revolution – Aish.com
http://www.aish.com › The-Jew-who-Financed-the-American-…
Haym Salomon was a patriotic broker who helped finance the American Revolution.
3 years ago
Where are the other 20 states? Are they so anti-Semitic that they refuse to see what BDS really is?
BDS is a movement based on a narrative of lies about Israel. By omission and/or comission, lying about Israel is lying about Jews. That’s anti-Semitism. That’s the BDS movement.
3 years ago
So Dem rats all of a sudden care about constitutionality. Arguments aside, the litmus test should not be the letter of the law, but the spirit of the law.
3 years ago
It’s, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stint not Still.
