Thirty US states have passed so-called "anti-BDS" laws designed to limit our right to protest the Israeli occupation through non-violent boycotts and divestments. Watch UMKR and MFSA’s webinar on “Protecting the Right to Boycott” for an update with Ms. Meera Shah on the work of Palestine Legal around these laws and for a conversation with a panel of UMKR activists across the US who have worked locally to oppose these laws in their states.

Resources from the Call:

• Palestine Legal website

• US Map Shows States Impacted by Anti-BDS Legislation

• Minnesota Legislature Office of the Revisor of Statutes SF 1039

• Legal Challenges to Anti-Boycott Laws

• Read the United Methodist Church legislation "Protecting the Right to Peacefully Address Injustice" (Petition #20613; ADCA, Volume 2, Section 1, Pp. 189-190)

• Upcoming Article by Rifat Kassis of Kairos Palestine and Global Kairos for Justice titled “Criminalizing Boycott is Wrong” on ROAR magazine