State Treasurer Kimberly Yee announced Tuesday she is selling off all of the state's notes it holds in loans to Unilever, which follows the announcement that the company will no longer sell its Ben & Jerry's brand ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories.

Teaching anti-Semitism in Arizona public schools will include any claim that the state of Israel has no right to exist, according to legislation approved Tuesday by the state Senate.

A federal appeals court on Monday quashed an injunction that kept Arizona from enforcing a law designed to use the state's economic power to keep firms from boycotting Israel and companies that operate there.

Claiming boycotts are anti-Semitic, the state House voted Monday to deny public contracts to firms that refuse to do business with other companies that do business in Israel.

Attorneys for the state want a federal appeals court to allow it to deny public contracts to those who boycott Israel, saying Arizona has a legitimate interest in denying support to the Palestine Liberation Army and its "unsavory -- and frequently murderous -- ends.''

Claiming "irreparable harm,'' a top aide to Attorney General Mark Brnovich asked a federal judge Tuesday to let Arizona continue enforcing its prohibition on boycotts of Israel by companies with public contracts while the state appeals her ruling.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit challenging an Arizona law prohibiting state contractors from supporting boycotts against Israel.

The House voted 42-16 on Monday to forbid the state and local governments from doing business with any firm that refuses to do business with Israel.

Arizona lawmakers are wading into the hot-button area of international politics with legislation to bar state and local governments from doing business with any firm that won't do business with Israel.

Calling Israel “one of our greatest allies,” a House panel voted Wednesday to stop doing business with firms that boycott the country.