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					<h1 class="entry-title">Dickenson, Texas, residents told no Hurricane Harvey relief funds if they support boycotting Israel</h1>
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						<div class="pf-content"><p>Israel’s sinister influence over US policy extends to tiny Dickenson, Texas, population around 19,000, ravaged by Hurricane Harvey, residents needing help.</p>
<p>Getting any requires certifying in writing the following on signed applications:</p>
<p>“[T]he Applicant verifies that the Applicant: (1) does not boycott Israel; and (2) will not boycott Israel during the term of this Agreement.”</p>
<p>Recently passed Texas law requires state contractors to certify no opposition to Israel. At a signing ceremony, Governor Greg Abbott called Texas Israel’s “No. 1 trading partner in the United States,” adding, “Texas is proud to reaffirm its support for the people of Israel and we will continue to build on our historic partnership . . . Anti-Israel policies are anti-Texas policies, and we will not tolerate such actions against an important ally.”</p>
<p>Earlier Supreme Court decisions affirmed the right of free expression, including political speech and protests, protected by the First Amendment.</p>
<p>Federal, state and local governments are prohibited from requiring individuals to certify political beliefs for employment, contracts or other benefits.</p>
<p>ACLU Texas legal director Andre Segura explained, “The First Amendment protects Americans’ right to boycott, and the government cannot condition hurricane relief or any other public benefit on a commitment to refrain from protected political expression.”</p>
<p>“Dickinson’s requirement is an egregious violation of the First Amendment, reminiscent of McCarthy-era loyalty oaths, requiring Americans to disavow membership in the Communist party and other forms of ‘subversive’ activity.”</p>
<p>On October 11, the ACLU filed suit in federal court, challenging a Kansas law on behalf of math teacher Esther Koontz—denied the right to train other teachers for supporting BDS, her constitutional right.</p>
<p>Last July, the ACLU wrote congressional members, opposing legislation criminalizing boycotts of companies doing business in illegal Israeli settlements.</p>
<p>The unconstitutional House and Senate Israel Anti-Boycott Act aims to silence criticism of Israel. The Center for Constitutional Rights earlier called criminalizing criticism of Israel “the Palestinian Exception” to fundamental First Amendment rights.</p>
<p>House and Senate versions of the Israel Anti-Boycott Act call for stiff fines and imprisonment for up to 20 years—the measure not yet passed, subject to revisions.</p>
<p>The ACLU said its letter to congressional members got Senate sponsors of the bill to consider changes.</p>
<p>If passed and signed into law by Trump, a judicial challenge could get it overturned—though anything supporting Israel won’t be easily changed, perhaps not even by the Supreme Court.</p>
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