Ron DeSantis Signs Florida Bill That Defunds ‘Academic Boycotts’ of Israel
“The bill also mandates cessation of state contracts and grants with those entities if they don’t change their ways.”
Since the October 7th attacks, the pro-BDS crowd thought their time had come. They could not have been more wrong.
From Florida Politics:
Florida defunds ‘academic boycotts’ of Israel
Cultural organizations that take state money won’t be able to advance messages considered to be antisemitic.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on Thursday an anti-boycott, divest, sanction (BDS) measure (SB 1678) that backers say would defend Israel in schools and nongovernmental agencies.
The measure stipulates that anti-Israeli actions undertaken by “an educational institution, a nonprofit organization, an agency, a local governmental entity or unit thereof, or a foreign government” constitute an “academic boycott.”
The bill also mandates cessation of state contracts and grants with those entities if they don’t change their ways.
These entities would have 90 days to correct their noncompliance and be removed from what would be called the Scrutinized Companies or Other Entities that Boycott Israel List. Otherwise, the state would divest itself of contracts with them.
Public funds, such as those managed by the State Board of Administration or the State University System, cannot be invested in these companies. Additionally, the measure requires that arts and culture grants not go to support antisemitic work.
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Comments
Yet another reason why I Iove living in FL. Since I’m not a lawyer, I have no idea if this is legal or what lawsuits will follow. With anything about Israel and Jew hating there always seems to be lawsuits, doesn’t there? People really love to argue their right to be a complete bigot I guess and have the government help them out financially as they pursue their hate agenda. But G-D bless our governor.
De Santas once again steps out in front