North Carolina now 22nd US state to forbid state from doing business with BDS supporters

 

In another major #BDSfail: The new legislation signed by North Carolina’s governor, not only prohibits the state’s agencies from engaging in business agreements with companies supporting BDS, it also mandates divestment from organizations/businesses that do.

By i24NEWS

 

The governor of the US state North Carolina, Roy Cooper signed legislation last Thursday making it illegal for the state to conduct business with companies associated with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement aganst Israel (BDS), the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported.

The action, making North Carolina the 22nd US state to outlaw state agencies from doing business with BDS affiliated organizations, received praise from the local Jewish federation of Raleigh- Cary as well as from the Israel Action Network, an initiative of the Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.

“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 according to JTA.

“We…commend the Governor 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.

The new law not only forbids North Carolina’s agencies from making any business agreements with companies engaged in BDS but also mandates divestment from such organizations.

The bill, titled “Divestment from Companies That Boycott Israel,” passed both houses of North Carolina’s General Assembly in late June, in the state House of Representatives by a vote of 96 to 19, and and in the state Senate by a vote of 45 to 3.

 

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