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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Noura Erakat says a Florida mayor shortened speaking time and banned discussion of investment in Israeli bonds</p><p>The human rights lawyer Noura Erakat was arrested on Tuesday at a Palm Beach county, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Florida</a>, budget hearing about the county’s more than $1bn investments in Israeli bonds.</p><p>Erakat, a prominent Palestinian-American activist, legal scholar and Guardian contributor, was one of several people in attendance at the public commission hearing who were forcibly removed by local law enforcement. The removal happened when the group attempted to speak out against the county’s investment in the bonds – the largest by a municipal government.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/noura-erakat-palestinian-arrested-florida" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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