Progressive Media Outlets Reminder Readers Of Missouri & Kansas BDS Legislation

This isn't quite a "newsflash" but a glimpse at local political alliance already in place before so many progressive students picked up a new crusade for fall term.

Here's are the basics and a reminder about home front connections to the Holy Land war front . . .

Missouri and Kansas are among at least 36 states that have anti-BDS (boycott, divest or sanction) measures that bar state contractors from refusing to do business in Israel, or otherwise boycotting or divesting from the country or its occupied territories.

Missouri has a trade relationship of its own with Israel. In 2022, Missouri exported over $131 million in goods and services to Israel. Kansas sent $36.5 million in goods in the same time frame.

Since 1996, Missouri businesses have received more than $58 million in foreign military financing to provide materials for the Israel Defense Forces, according to the Jewish Virtual Library. Those companies include Remington Arms and Evraz Oregon Steel Mills. Missouri and Israel also rely heavily on each other for chemical production for things like fertilizers.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Missouri and Kansas don't allow companies with state contracts to boycott or divest from Israel

Missouri and Kansas are among at least 36 states that have anti-BDS (boycott, divest or sanction) measures that bar state contractors from refusing to do business in Israel, or otherwise boycotting or divesting from the country or its occupied territories. But the ACLU has sued over the laws, claiming they violate the First Amendment.