The City Council of Somerville, Mass., considered a resolution to dump city holdings in Israel. A vote was delayed until Dec. 7, and Mayor Joseph Curtatone, who spoke against the resolution at Monday night’s meeting, said he would veto it, according to the Boston Globe, which noted that lawmakers could not recall another resolution that had prompted such impassioned debate.
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