And I can’t even imagine it’s an intentional addition, it’s just become part of boiler plate legal documents here in the deep south.

The wiki on anti-BDS laws

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    Is that actually legal? Tenant rights (and anti-BDS legislation) vary state to state, but this seems particularly egregious.

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      Honestly I haven’t done the investigation to say. It very well could be an unenforceable part of their lease. But the south is notorious for insane anti-tenant legislation so I wouldn’t be surprised. My state famously banned the passing of rent control legislation so good luck running your local socialist candidate for mayor they can’t do anything even if they win

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      “Welcome to our show, ‘Wait - Is That Actually Even Legal,’ where we take you through a normal day of going about a normal day anywhere in the southern United States of America.”

      "With us today us our cohost, Steven Williamson, local tradesman, city council member, and union shop steward, whose entire family has been found tied up in the trunks of various cars at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, a fun fact which absolutely does not immediately also broadcast to any of our listeners from the South or Midwest exactly where Steven’s family, on average, falls under the Fitzpatrick scale quantifying non melanoma lifetime skin cancer risk. "

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      They probably figure it’s extremely unlikely to come up. Unless you have:

      1. A tenant who boycotts Israel
      2. And tells their landlord about it
      3. And the landlord wants to get rid of them
      4. And the landlord can’t come up with a more conventional excuse
      5. And the tenant knows their rights and has the resources to fight

      Nobody would likely challenge it.

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      One state (Arkansas) has a law that a rental doesn’t even have to be livable, so I believe this. Like literally,in Arkansas, you could rent a unit that has not heat, running water, or roof. And if you sign the lease, you have to pay