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with companies on that list.\r\n\t\r\n\tIllinois\r\n\t\r\n\tUnder a law signed on July 23, 2015, the bill &quot;will set up a blacklist of companies that boycott Israel and require the state&rsquo;s pension funds to divest from those companies.\r\n\r\n\tThe law specifies that its intent is to only punish companies that are not based in the United States,&quot; according to a Palestine Legal press release.\r\n\t\r\n\tTennessee\r\n\t\r\n\tUnder a law signed on April 23, 2015, it is a resolution aimed at condemning supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, calling such measures &lsquo;anti-Semitism&rsquo;, a term manipulated by Zionist groups in a bid to tie any anti-occupation resistance with racism.","content_html":"<p>\r\n\tOver 20 U.S. states are considering - or have already passed - measures against the anti-occupation BDS group that urges pressures on the Zionist regime in a bid to demote its occupying conduct.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\tThe following four states however have already staunchly stood with Israel by officially signing such actions into law.<br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\t<strong>Arizona<\/strong><br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\tUnder a law signed on March 17, 2016, the bill disallows local and state governmental bodies to conduct any kind of business with companies that actively support the BDS movement.<br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\t<strong>Florida<\/strong><br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\tUnder a law signed on March 10, 2016, it requires the State Board of Administration to list all companies with public funding who &quot;engaged in a boycott of Israel.&quot;<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\tFurthermore, it bars state and local government agencies from &quot;contracting for goods and services that exceed a specified amount&quot; with companies on that list.<br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\t<strong>Illinois<\/strong><br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\tUnder a law signed on July 23, 2015, the bill &quot;will set up a blacklist of companies that boycott Israel and require the state&rsquo;s pension funds to divest from those companies.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\tThe law specifies that its intent is to only punish companies that are not based in the United States,&quot; according to a Palestine Legal press release.<br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\t<strong>Tennessee<\/strong><br \/>\r\n\t<br \/>\r\n\tUnder a law signed on April 23, 2015, it is a resolution aimed at condemning supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, calling such measures &lsquo;anti-Semitism&rsquo;, a term manipulated by Zionist groups in a bid to tie any anti-occupation resistance with racism.<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2016-06-07 16:28:04","content_date_finish":"2016-06-07 16:28:04","content_date_register":"2016-06-07 16:28:04","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"127140","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"3521485476","attach_date_register":"2016-06-07 16:28:07","attach_id":"134517","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"269","attach_img_height":"188","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"214","visit_date_last":"2025-05-12 17:44:38","attach_title":"20 US states adopting mesaures against anti-occupation BDS","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]