When a Minnesota Law Silences Us

May 11, 2021 Sylvia Schwarz Leave a comment

Two Minnesota laws, passed in 2017, prohibit the Legislature or any State Agency from contracting with any business or vendor that supports BDS or “discriminates against Israel.” Similar laws in states across the U.S. violate free speech rights protected by the 1st Amendment. Learn about the laws and efforts to have them repealed.

Featured Speaker: Meera Shah Senior Staff Attorney, Palestine Legal

For Information: mn@breakthebonds.org

Co-hosts: American Muslims for Palestine–MN, Jewish Voice for Peace–Twin Cities, MN BDS Community, Middle East Peace Now, MN Break the Bonds, MN Friends of Sabeel, Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel, Palestine Israel Justice Project, Palestine Legal, Women Against Military Madness

Divest for Justice in Palestine!

We are Palestinians, Americans, Jews, Christians, Muslims, students, professionals, parents, community members and allies working together to bring Palestine-centric education to Minnesota in order to promote justice and human rights.

We believe:

We, the people of Minnesota, have the moral obligation to make sound investments that will not aid the oppression of any one race, creed or people. Minnesota’s investment in Israel supports an apartheid system in both Israel and the Occupied Territories that causes thousands of civilian deaths, many of whom are children, and which involves the widespread abuse of human rights. This system defies a ruling by the International Court of Justice as well as more than 65 UN Resolutions, and violates the Fourth Geneva Convention. We demand that the state of Minnesota act on its good conscience and support the breaking of economic ties with the apartheid state of Israel.

We say, Minnesota divest from Israel Bonds, Divest for Justice in Palestine!

Contact the MN Break the Bonds Campaign

The Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and donations are tax deductible. Thank you for your financial support!
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