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Noura Erakat, a US-Palestinian academic and human rights lawyer, was arrested during a budget hearing in Florida’s Palm Beach County after protesting against the county’s substantial investments in Israeli bonds, which are among the largest globally. During the meeting, Mayor Sarah Baxter prohibited discussion of these bond investments, leading to Erakat's arrest on charges of trespassing and obstruction when she refused to leave the room. The Internationalist Law Center's executive director Lydia Ghuman highlights how Florida is becoming a testing ground for Zionist influence in local politics, enabling such foreign investment despite restrictions on other countries.

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Noura Erakat, a Palestinian-American human rights lawyer and activist, was arrested on Tuesday during a Palm Beach County, Florida budget hearing when she tried to speak against the county's $1 billion investment in Israeli bonds, which is the largest such investment by any municipal government globally. The arrest occurred after Mayor Sara Baxter restricted public speaking time from three minutes to one minute and later only allowed residents to speak, forcing those who protested to leave or face removal. Erakat was physically restrained and handcuffed by two officers when she refused to comply with the mayor's restrictions on speech about Israeli bonds. The incident highlights tensions over local government divestment from Israeli investments and the right to free speech during public hearings.

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I was never told I was arrested before I was rough-handled by two officers who placed handcuffs on me, on purpose, very tight, who began to rough-handle me, to spread my legs to search me, and to explain that this is what happens when you don’t listen.”

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When US-Palestinian academic and human rights lawyer Noura Erakat went to a budget hearing in Florida’s Palm Beach County, she was not expecting to leave in handcuffs, but she did. asserted

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The author and friend of Zeteo attended the hearing to protest the county’s massive investments in Israeli bonds (the largest globally), a matter the county’s mayor, Sarah Baxter, had no appetite for. asserted

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“I wanted the comment on the budget. asserted

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It was my constitutional right,” Erakat tells Mehdi, “I was told I need to leave the room. asserted

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Erakat was charged with trespass and obstruction after the mayor prohibited discussion of Israeli bonds during the hearing. asserted

mayor → charge → hearing

Joining Erakat on the show is Lydia Ghuman, executive director of the Internationalist Law Center, who organized the effort to protest the county’s investments in Israeli bonds. asserted

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“No other foreign country can get investment of local taxpayer dollars, but Israel can,” she says. asserted

she → get → dollars

“Florida is in many ways an experiment, a lab for Zionist influence, and uses Florida as a test case to see what policies, what they can push, due to the relationships they’ve been able to form with local politicians.” asserted

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Watch the full interview above to hear the details of the hearing that led to Erakat’s arrest, and how a county in Florida became the world’s largest government investor in Israeli bonds. asserted

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