The issue of divestment from Israel is resurfacing in a Boston suburb. Voters in the 27th Middlesex District, representing half of the precincts of Somerville, Mass., will decide Nov. 7 on a nonbinding resolution instructing the district’s state representative to support legislation calling for the state to divest from Israel Bonds or companies supplying military equipment to Israel.
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