Somerville, Massachusetts, adopted a resolution calling for divestment from Israel, according to reporting from The Times of Israel, becoming the first U.S. municipality to adopt divestment policies. More than 55% of voters backed Question 3, which directs the mayor to “cease engaging in business that sustains Israel’s apartheid, genocide, and illegal occupation of Palestine.” Somerville was the home of Rümeysa Öztürk, a student at Tufts University, who was detained by ICE earlier this year for writing an op-ed in favor of divestment.
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