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The bill prohibits anti-Semitism in Florida public schools and universities, and defines it broadly as any speech that makes stereotypical depictions of Jews, Holocaust denial, inciting of violence or explicit expressions of racial hatred - as well as "criticizing the collective power of the Jewish community."
Such a broad definition could be used to outlaw the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, critics have pointed out, arguing that the bill violates the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment of the US Constitution.
BDS campaigns [call] for businesses to desist from enterprise with Israeli companies until certain demands are met by the Israeli government in regards to rights and territories for Palestinians.
The Senate bill has been sent to the desk of Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican who was elected in the 2018 mid-terms.
One woman was killed and three other people injured in the Saturday attack at the Chabad of Poway, a suburb of San Diego, California. The 19-year-old gunman targeted the synagogue during the week of Passover, and was arrested after his AR-15 jammed during the attack.
The shooting came six months after the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that killed 11 and injured seven.
Both attacks have been cited by gun control advocates and pro-Israel activists in support of their respective causes. Last week, a federal judge blocked a 2017 Texas law that would have prohibited state employees and contractors to engage in BDS, saying it "threatens to suppress unpopular ideas" and would "manipulate the public debate through coercion rather than persuasion."
Why? Because that's the way it is done, when you're still brainwashed sheeple.
Second, there is this, from southernest California. Did anyone hear of this, or was it drowned out by the Poway event because people are said to have died there?
The Star News*, Apr.26, 2019 --"Bonita woman pleads not guilty of Easter Sunday threats" - front page article.
"pulling a gun on a church congregation on Easter Sunday".
The church's name was TsidKenu, it was "a non-denominational church focused on encountering God". TsidKenu was "one of seven covenant names for God in the Old Testament".
"Several church members wrestled the gun away from her, which turned out to be unloaded, and another grabbed her baby".
3 days after the event, she had a lawyer who knows her well enough to say "This is highly out of character for her".
Grandpa says it was a contagion, a virus of Violence (against Houses of Worship in the San Diego area, this Easter season). Grandma says it's all them chemtrails over our heads, ever' day, makin' people crazy, while I say these events are all generated by people with an agenda and that the most successful events make the news.
* serving Chula Vista and National City