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| North Carolina governor signs anti-BDS bill into law | |
| 2017-07-31 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Legislation requires divestment from companies that boycott Israel North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed into law legislation that would bar the state from doing business with companies that boycott Israel. The bill signed by the governor on Thursday requires divestment from, and prohibits state agencies from contracting with, companies that boycott Israel.
"This bill makes it clear that the State of North Carolina stands with Israel, which has long been an important trading partner of North Carolina," said Carin Savel, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Raleigh-Cary. North Carolina businesses conduct nearly $140 million per year in exports and commerce with Israel. "The Jewish Federations across North Carolina have worked diligently on legislation to ensure that BDS efforts in their state fail. We applaud their tremendous work and commend the Gov. Roy Cooper for taking this important step against discrimination against Israelis by those who oppose the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in our homeland," said Skip Schrayer, chairman of the Israel Action Network, an initiative of The Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. North Carolina becomes at least the 22nd state with laws or executive orders banning state business with companies that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or BDS, against Israel. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Think grom hit the nail on the head |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-07-31 19:02 |
| #2 Preparing for 2018 election. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-07-31 12:43 |
| #1 Well, good. It just goes to show that even a Democrat can do the right thing. Kudos to the NC legislature and governor. |
| Posted by: Tom 2017-07-31 10:35 |