Bal Harbour Village

This anti-boycott bill prohibits Bal Harbour from contracting with businesses unless they provide a written certification that they are not and will not engage in a boycott of persons or entities based in or doing business with a jurisdiction with which the United States enjoys open trade. Because contract prohibitions only apply to boycotts undertaken on a discriminatory basis, they would not apply to boycotts for Palestinian rights. The bill passed unanimously. 

This antisemitism redefinition bill requires Bal Harbour police to consider a distorted definition of antisemitism in hate crimes investigations. Under this definition, police could use criticism of Israel and advocacy for Palestinian rights as evidence of a hate crime. 

This non-binding resolution condemns AirBnB’s decision to delist certain rental properties located in illegal Israeli settlements. AirBnB reversed its delisting decision in April 2019.