BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMPs vote to ban public bodies from boycotting Israel and other countrieswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkMPs vote to ban public bodies from boycotting Israel and other countrieswww.theguardian.comBartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
Government wins Commons vote despite more than 80 Tory backbenchers joining Labour in abstained on the vote.
minus-squareBartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoAt least 35 U.S. states have similar laws on the books, and other nations have attempted to institute similar laws, though I’m unaware of any successes prior to this one on a national level. See: https://www.newsweek.com/companies-boycotting-israel-cant-do-business-these-us-states-1593099 Also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws I am not a supporter of these laws, myself. Just pointing out that it’s not uniquely a UK phenomenon.
At least 35 U.S. states have similar laws on the books, and other nations have attempted to institute similar laws, though I’m unaware of any successes prior to this one on a national level.
See: https://www.newsweek.com/companies-boycotting-israel-cant-do-business-these-us-states-1593099
Also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws
I am not a supporter of these laws, myself. Just pointing out that it’s not uniquely a UK phenomenon.