The city of Dickinson, Texas is accepting applications for aid for victims of Hurricane Harvey, but is raising eyebrows with the text of their application form, which compels all applicants to swear they are not boycotting Israel, and will not boycott Israel for the duration of the aid deal.
It’s not clear why this is the case. The State of Texas did pass a law forbidding the state from employing contractors who boycott Israel, but the city’s form makes no indication that this is an extension of this law. Indeed, the form mentions the funds provided coming from “various individuals, businesses, and other organizations” to help recover from the hurricane.
The ACLU is filing suit, arguing this is unconstitutional, and adding that it is “absolutely unconscionable for state and local governments to impose political litmus tests of disaster relief funds.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott was an outspoken proponent of the anti-BDS law, declaring that “any anti-Israel policy is an anti-Texas policy.” Multiple US states have anti-BDS laws, but this appears to be the first time anyone has tried to use it to withhold aid.
Israel the land of the cowboys. It even has its own ‘redskins’.
And guns, and oil, and special hats and wealth – Texicans ‘get’ all that.
The Texas State Senate voted 26-5 for anti-BDS to become State Law.
Just another example of why RE-presentative democracy is nothing but absolute fraud upon the people. The Constitution is FRAUD.
The Texas Senate seems to be Israeli occupied territory… They OWN IT & THEM…WTF…!!!!!!!@@
Americans are good people.
Israel is the victim of aggression so Americans want to help Israel.
This American does not feel that Israel is a victim – it is racist, land stealing group of sociopaths. This American will be delighted when we cutoff all aid to that piece-of-crap, monster of a country.
And Russian influence on the US political system is an issue? Really?
Yeah the Russians supposedly spent $100,000… How much did AIPAC spend…??????
As if the Russians “influenced” a two billion dollar election with a hundred grand…. Uh Huh… And the Israeli foreign agency AIPAC Got a 26 to 5 vote in the Texas Senste on an anti-BDS law… Not only that….!!! They finagled the SCOTUS to exempt AIPAC from registeiing as a foreign agency…. They seem to even OWN the SCOTUS.
So let me get this straight…I can burn a flag, but I can’t criticize Israel?
Yes.
Perhaps we could get Texas to pay Rhode Island’s share of the billions of our Tax dollars Washington gives away to Israel. Better yet, make give always to foreign governments by washington
We gave Israel F15 jets. Israel made 700 improvements.
What did we get for the billions we gave Pakistan?
Then Israel sold the designs to China.
Israel made 700 improvements
I noticed the Russians suddenly were flying way better jets.
As always, in America, its …. ISRAEL FIRST.
and the people who actually need help will be dead last on the list.
I thought that inbreeding was not practice in Texas anymore. I guess I was badly misinformed. It seems to still be a rampant practice. Morons!!!!
The stepchild getting priorityover the children in the home – perhaps this is Texas’ way of exploring the socially progressive extreme?
It used to be that only open anti-Semites claimed Israel ran the government in the USA…
In case you hadn’t noticed, Haj Amin el-Husseini died decades ago. Do you pin current Russian policy on Leonid Brezhnev or current US policy on LBJ?
Israhell is occupied by an evil Satanist cult that also rules Amerika. They are the root cause of all evil in the world. How do you eliminate a problem once and for all? Eliminate the root cause.
Evidence?
Democracy Index – Israel ranked 29 out of 167 The Economist
And who (in the Economist) did the rankings?
The Economist… That figures.
There’s been plenty of attempted genocide in that area of the world, over the course of thousands of years. The fact of the late Mufti’s sentiments doesn’t really explain why the Israeli government deserves a giant annual welfare check from the US, and veto power over US foreign policy, decades after his death.
What utter garbage. By that “logic” any people, in any area, at any time, can up and say “Hot diggity damn!… I feel justifiably threatened and oppressed today and since my “ancestors” were traipsing around these lands two thousand years ago it’s A-OK to evict or even kill you for being around. Your mere presence, goyim, warrants and even validates my actions”… ?
Am I missing something here?
And when in the hell did a nations constitution, which is meant to protect the voice of the MINORITY and not simply rubber stamp a supposed majority, kowtow and be subverted by a foreign influence… aka Israel? Hmmm? Has DC now become the Knesset on the Potomac?
The Zions are ruthless and fanatical. They will stop at nothing. And they are embedded in our government at every level.
It has been Palestine for thousands of years – the great Israeli and Judean empires were just myths.
They started a war with no arms or army – that’s some trick.