(New Orleans Times-Picayune) Julia O'Donoghue - Gov. John Bel Edwards issued an executive order Tuesday prohibiting the Louisiana state government from doing business with companies that boycott Israel and terminating existing state contracts with companies that do so. "The United States, and by affiliation Louisiana, have benefited in innumerable ways from our deep friendship with Israel. Any effort to boycott Israel is an affront to this longstanding relationship," Edwards said.
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