Considering that they have rigged consumer devices to explode, I think boycotting them is a very wise decision.
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2025
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Kahanist exceptionalism.
I'm not even American but how would you even prove that? (eg. Not buying certain products..?)
I heard about this a few years ago when I first moved here. It's only for government contractors.
Ah, I see.
US headlines are often misleading internationally so that helps!
(of course one could read each article but thats hardly possible in total)
The title is misleading. It bans state contractors from boycotting Israel, so there can be a certain amount of checking up.
Thank you!
Don't put words in the mouth of the law. We have something similar in TX. If you are a government employee you have to agree not to "boycott Israel". It doesn't say boycott Israeli products or companies. It says "boycott Israel" itself, so you just can't say that you'll never travel there.
Why me? I reached to the (it seems wrongly worded) news.
Try to be a bit more open minded to foreigners' questions please.
It wasn't meant as a slight to you. It was more a comment on how they worded the law.
Kind of like how the news will turn trumps ramblings into coherent thoughts. We shouldn't modify the language of poorly written laws to make sense of them. That hurts the people governed by them.
I see, thanks for clearing that up and apologies for the misunderstanding.
You should know, that's unconstitutional.
Edit: what the fuck is this appeals court smoking? "Money is speech... no not like that." So I guess every political donation that is not known to the public is also not free speech?
You cannot dictate what a business or individual spends its money on or why. Burn this fucking state to the ground and start over.
They basically just ruled that piracy is legal for meta in their case about scraping Anna's archieve for their AI.
The class divide is very literally getting baked into our legal framework. I know it's always been there, in an unspoken manner, but it's making strides in being letter of the law now.
what the fuck is this appeals court smoking?
A big joint labeled "AIPAC" that got passed to them in a Federalist Society blunt rotation.
You cannot dictate what a business or individual spends its money on or why.
You absolutely can and we routinely do. Just look at the embargo of Cuba, for instance.
You can ban imports, you cannot dictate that I buy products from fucking Walmart.
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The headline you’ve written is factually inaccurate. They prevent the state from doing business with contractors who boycott Israel. It’s a very different thing. The state of Texas also prohibits its state employees from doing the same.
Texas takes it several steps further. Victims of Hurricane Harvey had to sign antiBDS statements. Flooding a few months ago added a disclaimer that you recognize the right for Israel to exist
And Kansas. I had to sign a document acknowledging it. I have no intention of honoring that contract.
It's not just Arkansas, most states have antiBDS laws in place. Many of them do not allow contracting with the state, state employment, or receiving state disaster assistance if you hold BDS ideology. 
BDS?
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions
I only refuse to buy, want to get rid of our stake in, and want to restrict it. So I'm in the clear whew
Fuck Israel, genocidal scum!
Whether or not a boycott is protected speech is one thing (though I would think it is) but forcing someone to sign a pledge is absolutely compelled speech and a violation of the First Amendment. And from the dissent opinion on this most recent decision, it sounds like the law is ill-formed and overbroad.
If the government of Arkansas wants to not do business with contractors who boycott Israel, perhaps that's their right. Forcing a pledge is not.
So if deliberately not buying Israeli stuff is illegal, does that imply everyone has to buy a minimum of Israeli stuff? Or can they continue to not buy Israeli stuff, as long as it's without mens rea?
Boycott and just be quiet about it
America is starting to feel that yoke
Starting? Shit ain't funny any more... Not that its ever been honestly
YSK, that's not what it says or means...
How can it be illegal to boycott something? You're required by law to buy things from Israel?
Hardly surprising from people whose family tree looks more like a circle.
California and New York have similar laws 
Those in purple have anti BDS laws in place
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