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Date: 07/17/26 10:54 PM
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Israel has bought off some 90% of the members of Congress. Seems a waste to try and buy the remaining handful, as they already have more than enough to ram anything they want through Congress. The extra money spent would yield them nothing.

Who else could they buy?

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Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation in Israel Further Combatting Antisemitism

JERUSALEM, Israel – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis visited Israel as part of his international trade mission where he signed House Bill 269 to provide law enforcement agencies with new enforcement mechanisms to punish perpetrators of antisemitic incidents and those who target religious communities. By signing HB 269, Governor DeSantis has once again made Florida a leader on protecting religious liberty and the State of Israel both in the United States and around the world.


flgov.com - Governor ron desantis signs legislation israel further combatting antisemitism

Florida passes law protecting Israel from criticism

Florida has passed a new law to redefine anti-Semitism.

Under the state’s legislation, it would be illegal to speak out in public institutions against Israel’s human rights violations.

Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis signed the state bill while on an official trip to Israel and the occupied West Bank. During his trip, DeSantis visited Ariel University located in a settlement in the West Bank, which is illegal under international law.


electronicintifada.net - Florida passes law protecting israel criticism

House passes bill to recognize ‘Judea and Samaria’ instead of ‘West Bank’ in school textbooks

Bipartisan legislation to replace state and public school references to the West Bank with “Judea and Samaria” has passed in the House, following a relatively short discussion on the change’s merits.

Supporters of the measure (HB 31), including its sponsors — Port Orange Republican Rep. Chase Tramont and Lake Worth Beach Democratic Rep. Debra Tendrich — maintained it reverses an erasure of Jewish history by reviving biblical terms thousands of years old.


floridapolitics.com - House passes bill to recognize judea and samaria instead of west bank in school textbooks

Who could Israel buy, now that they have bought Congress?

The New Israel-Backed Nonprofit Feeding Lawmakers Model Legislation

On June 2, politicians from around America, including Trump administration official Leo Terrell, met at the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. for a glitzy reception. The next day, they met Sen. John Fetterman (D–Pa.) in his office. The event celebrated the launch of a little-known nonprofit—the State Legislator Israel Caucus.

Documents obtained by Drop Site News under the Florida Sunshine Law outline SLIC’s aims: to set up a system to distribute pro-Israel “model legislation” to state lawmakers around the country. When reached by phone, Gottlieb insisted that the organization was entirely his own initiative, though he acknowledged that the Israeli government funded the launch event.

“I believe I’m the only person who has contributed so far,” Gottlieb said, referring to the draft legislation his organization is pitching lawmakers. Gottlieb mentioned two specific examples of future proposals he had in mind: “Some states have had Shari’a law bans, so somebody could put that there if they wanted, and there are Judea and Samaria bills.”


dropsitenews.com - Israel backed nonprofit lawmakers draft legislation

Ah, so the plan is to buy influence among state legislators, so they are already owned, if they run for Federal office. Influence state education boards, so school children are indoctrinated in Israeli policy.

Steve

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