Abby Martin Wins Lawsuit Against 'Israel Loyalty Oath Law'

 

VICTORY: Abby Martin Wins Lawsuit Against 'Israel Loyalty Oath Law'

We are very excited to announce that the lawsuit filed by Abby Martin against Georgia's anti-BDS 'Israel Loyalty Oath' law has ended in a major victory. Click here to read the press release and click here to watch the community briefing by Abby's legal team.

Abby filed this lawsuit in February 2020, after being cancelled as a keynote speaker at Georgia Southern University for refusing to sign the anti-BDS pledge. You can watch the initial press conference here. 

The legal victory, the anti-BDS law in Georgia was ruled unconstitutional, and therefore unenforceable in the state. This adds to the legal victories against anti-BDS laws in Arkansas, Arizona and Texas. There are still dozens of state with these laws on the books.

The Israeli government, and even Netanyahu personally, has fought to pressure states to enact these unconstitutional laws because they know the tide is turning. This victory is another blow to their attempts to control the narrative in the United States. 

Below is Abby's public statement on the court ruling:

“I am thrilled at the judge’s decision to rule against this law that so clearly violates the free speech rights of myself and so many others in Georgia. My first amendment rights were restricted on behalf of a foreign government, which flies in the face of the principles of freedom and democracy. The government of Israel has pushed state legislatures to enact these laws only because they know that sympathy and support for the population they brutalize, occupy, ethnically cleanse and subject to apartheid, is finally growing in popular consciousness––they want to hold back the tide of justice by preemptively restricting the right of American citizens to peacefully take a stand against their crimes. As the world watches Israeli aggression continue in Jerusalem, the West Bank and against the population it besieges in Gaza, it has never been more urgent to advance the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against the Israeli regime. The striking of this law is a necessary and timely opening to build this urgent task.”

Thank you for your support as we continue to build awareness in solidarity with Palestine :)

Other materials:

- Democracy Now media coverage of the victory

- Mondoweiss media coverage of the victory

- The Hill media coverage of the victory

- Empire Files video with more details on the case

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