“Florida is the place where antisemitic discrimination and boycotts of Israel go to die,” said Hillary Cassel, a state representative.
Florida, which has taken a leadership role nationwide in combating the boycott-Israel movement and actions against the Jewish state, took another step in that fight with the introduction of two bills in its state legislature on Feb. 28 intended to beef up existing anti-BDS law.
The bills’ Republican sponsors, Tom Leek, a state senator, and Hillary Cassel, a state representative, announced the bills’ filing last week.
The virtually identically worded Florida Senate Bill 1678 and Florida House of Representatives Bill 1519 would expand the state’s existing anti-BDS law, which focuses on commercial contracts, to include contacts with nonprofits, foreign educational institutions and foreign government funds.