that engage in boycotts, divestment and sanctions against the Mideast nation through a parent or subsidiary. The governor also directed all state agencies and authorities to “divest their money and assets from any investment in any institution or company” on the list. North Carolina is poised to become the 22nd U.S. state to punish companies that do business in their state and participate in the boycott of Israel.

In its extensive policy platform, the Movement for Black Lives calls for a struggle against anti-BDS bills in states across the country, which it says not only harms the movement to end the occupation, but threatens free speech and protest. “Israel is an apartheid state with over 50 laws on the books that sanction discrimination against the Palestinian people. Palestinian homesonly diverts much needed funding from domestic education and social programs, but it makes US citizens complicit in the abuses committed by the Israeli government,” the platform said, connecting the dots between war abroad and domestic social programs, reminiscent of Martin Luther King’s stance against the war in Vietnam.

Other groups have linked the suffering of Black and Palestinian people. Palestinian activists used Twitter to instruct protesters in Ferguson, Mo., on how to deal with police tear gas, and delegations of Black activists have traveled to the Occupied Territories as well as Palestinian activists have visited Black organizers in the United States.

Made in USA teargas canister was shot at us a few days ago in #Palestine by Israel, now they are used in #Ferguson. pic.twitter.com/y3co6DMFM6 — مريم البرغوثي (@MariamBarghouti)