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(JTA) — SOMERVILLE, Mass. — The City Council in this city north of Boston voted 10-1 Thursday night to ban the municipality from doing business with companies complicit in humanitarian violations, specifically naming those operating in “Israel and Palestine.” Councilor Kristen Strezo cast the only opposing vote on the 11-member board. Opponents of the ordinance... […]
(JTA) — U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat poised to become the chamber’s speaker in January, called for a significant shift in the U.S.-Israel relationship but stopped short of opposing defense partnerships. “The status quo is unacceptable, and we need dramatic change,” Jeffries told reporters at a Thursday press... […]