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Illinois becomes first US state to list companies banned for Israel boycott
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn Illinois state agency names 11 companies barred from doing business with the state for boycotting Israel or its settlements, the first such designation by an official US body.
A number of the entities on the list from by the Illinois Investment Policy board have pulled money from Israeli businesses that operate in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, but are not boycotting Israel within its 1967 lines. At least two of the entities say their disinvestment from Israel in recent years is based on commercial, not political, calculations.
The Illinois law passed last year explicitly bars dealing with companies that boycott Israeli operations in territories controlled by Israel.
— JTA
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