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| Georgia legislature passes anti-BDS bill | |
| 2016-03-27 | |
The Georgia General Assembly passed legislation Thursday night that aims to deter corporate entities from partaking in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. The bill makes Georgia the sixth state in recent months -- along with South Carolina, Illinois, Florida, Arizona and Colorado -- to advance an anti-BDS measure through its legislature prohibiting state procurement with companies that engage political boycotts of the Jewish state. Georgia Sen. Judson Hill, who sponsored the bill, said in a statement that the legislation is "a critical step forward in defending Georgia’s state economy and public policy" and referred to it as "taking a stand against the anti-Semitism and discrimination of the BDS movement." It will now go to the office of Gov. Nathan Deal, who must decide whether to sign it into law. | |
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