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  1. Anti-BDS pledge forced upon desperate Texans.
  2. https://theintercept.com/2017/10/19/to-get-hurricane-rebuilding-money-in-texas-contractors-must-promise-they-wont-boycott-israel/
  3. http://archive.is/NQw2W
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  5. http://forward.com/news/national/385698/texas-law-requires-hurricane-harvey-victims-to-refuse-to-boycott-israel-to/
  6. http://archive.is/Wuqzz
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  8. >In a widely distributed document, the city of Dickinson — a small suburb of Houston near the Galveston Bay — is requiring residents and business owners to verify that they do not and will not boycott Israel in order to receive hurricane relief funds. Many have attacked the city for seeming to single out residents critical of Israel. Yet inclusion of the anti-BDS clause was mandated by a Texas law signed into law in early May.
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  10. >In an email to the Forward sent Thursday night, Dickinson mayor Julie Masters asked the Forward “not to crucify” the city, since they are simply following state law.
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  12. >“I encourage you to contact any and all Texas State Legislators and ask them why they passed such a mandate,” Masters wrote. “Dickinson may be the first to include this language in a contract, but every governmental entity in the State is required to do the same.”
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  14. >Hauss noted that other cities in the battered Gulf Coast region have also begun to include the anti-BDS clause in government contracts. Galveston now requires potential contractors to certify that they do not support boycotts of Israel, and the Galveston police included the clause in a recent request for bids on new police uniforms.
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  16. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/20/559070267/need-hurricane-aid-in-one-texas-city-if-you-boycott-israel-you-may-be-out-of-luc
  17. http://archive.is/sZbbN
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  19. >A city official told NPR that Dickinson is simply following a recently passed state law: "The city has nothing to do with it."
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  21. >They are referring to House Bill 89, which came into force on September 1. But Rep. Phil King, who authored the legislation, told NPR he was baffled about why it was being applied here.
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  23. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/10/20/texas-town-makes-hurricane-harvey-aid-applicants-pledge-not-to-boycott-israel/?utm_term=.4023c86f84ee
  24. http://archive.is/bG8RZ
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  26. >In May, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions) bill into law. The statute “prohibits all state agencies from contracting with, and certain public funds from investing in, companies that boycott Israel,” according to the governor’s website. “Anti-Israel policies are anti-Texas,” Abbott said at the bill’s signing. “We will not tolerate such actions against an important ally.”
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  28. >How the law would apply to individuals seeking disaster relief — rather than businesses seeking contracts — is unclear.
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  30. http://news.antiwar.com/2017/10/20/to-get-hurricane-aid-dickinson-tx-residents-must-swear-they-wont-boycott-israel/
  31. http://archive.is/52CWx
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  33. http://www.ci.dickinson.tx.us/DocumentCenter/View/2016
  34. https://web.archive.org/web/20171022062514/http://www.ci.dickinson.tx.us/DocumentCenter/View/2016
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  36. >11. Verification not to Boycott Israel. By executing this Agreement below, the Applicant verifies
  37. that the Applicant: (1) does not boycott Israel; and (2) will not boycott Israel during the term of this Agreement.
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  39. https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/if-youre-boycotting-israel-texas-town-then-no-hurricane-relief-you
  40. http://archive.is/uajZ7
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  42. >The city of Galveston has issued guidelines requiring contractors who bid for neighborhood projects to certify that they're not boycotting Israel, and it even requires contractors providing police uniforms to sign the certification. Austin and San Antonio have implemented similar requirements.
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  44. GALVESTON
  45. http://www.galvestontx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6336
  46. https://web.archive.org/web/20171022064256/http://www.galvestontx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6336
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  48. AUSTIN
  49. https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/SOC_90117.pdf
  50. https://web.archive.org/web/20171022063709/https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/SOC_90117.pdf
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  52. >Added Section 8, Prohibition of Boycott Israel, based on State of Texas legislative changes required on Sept. 1, 2017
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  54. SAN ANTONIO
  55. https://webapps.sanantonio.gov/bidlistingsnew/uploads/RFP_3329_201709181033531.pdf
  56. https://web.archive.org/web/20171022064025/https://webapps.sanantonio.gov/bidlistingsnew/uploads/RFP_3329_201709181033531.pdf
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  58. >By submitting an offer to or executing contract documents with the City of San Antonio, Company hereby verifies that it does not boycott Israel, and will not boycott Israel during the term of the contract. City’s hereby relies on Company’s verification. If found to be false, City may terminate the contract for material breach.
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