Alaska House bill to ban Israel boycotts sparks floor fights

Source: Anchorage Daily News

Alaska House bill to ban Israel boycotts sparks floor fights

By Sean Maguire, Iris Samuels
Updated: 6 hours ago
Published: 20 hours ago

JUNEAU — In a rarely seen turn of events, the Alaska House failed on Friday to pass a bill sponsored by a majority member — laying bare the disagreements within the Republican-dominated House majority caucus in the final days of the legislative session.

A measure sponsored by conservative Homer Republican Sarah Vance to prohibit boycotts against Israel failed in a 20-20 vote, with several members of her caucus and party voting against the bill.

The vote appeared to heighten tensions within the Republican-led majority.

Supporters of Vance’s bill said that the boycott movement against Israel — which aims to pressure the country to end its military occupation of the Palestinian Territories — constitutes discrimination against a country that has deep ties with the United States. Evangelical Christians have championed similar measures in several other states.

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