South Carolina: The First State in the Country to Stand with Israel Against the BDS Movement : By Miles Terry

South Carolina: The First State in the Country to Stand with Israel Against the BDS Movement : By Miles Terry

As Jews everywhere face a new onslaught of discrimination—most notably the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement—we are beginning to see Americans fighting back on behalf of Israel.

Now, South Carolina has just fired the first salvo against this disturbing anti-Semitic movement.

As we stated previously,     http://aclj.org/israel/congress-proposed-legislation-rejects-anti-israel-movement

[T]he primary aim of the [BDS] movement is to marginalize and delegitimize Israel on the national scene by pressuring corporate and government entities to participate in economic boycotts against Israeli institutions, pull resources and investments from those institutions, and impose sanctions against the state of Israel because of the ways in which it has chosen to defend itself from the hostile, anti-Semitic forces in the Middle East that seek the outright demise of Israel as a political state."
This is an issue we are heavily engaged in through our legal and government affairs work at the ACLJ.

And now states are starting to challenge this discrimination head-on as well.

As a native South Carolinian, I'm very pleased to report that the Palmetto State has become the first state in the country to stop the efforts of the BDS movement within its borders.

Last week, Governor Nikki Haley signed H 3583, a bill designed to "prohibit the state or a political subdivision of the state from accepting a proposal from or procuring goods or services from a business which engages in the boycott of a person or an entity based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin."

The new law will ban any public entities from "contracting with businesses engaging in the boycott of a person or an entity based in or doing business with a jurisdiction with whom South Carolina can enjoy open trade."    http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/South-Carolina-becomes-first-US-state-to-take-action-against-anti-Israel-boycotts-405120      http://aclj.org/israel/south-carolina-the-first-state-in-the-country-to-stand-with-israel-against-the-bds-movement

Re: South Carolina: The First State in the Country to Stand with Israel Against the BDS Movement : By Miles Terry

being anti israli tactics doesnt mean your antisemetic. jewish people may be a large population over ther but there are other people there. would you say someone is antichristian because they didnt agree with bombing hirosima? its a matter of personal ethics on the battle feild and in politics not racism (which is silly as anyone can be jewish and it is not genetic but a culture.)

Re: South Carolina: The First State in the Country to Stand with Israel Against the BDS Movement : By Miles Terry

The law is not constitutional.   We can protest in America.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYKyp1e_jYc