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Public speakers urge Cuyahoga County not to reinvest maturing Israel bonds
Summary
Three public commenters at a Cuyahoga County Investment Advisory Committee meeting urged the treasurer and advisers not to reinvest a $2 million Israel bond maturing Dec. 1, citing human-rights concerns and financial risks, and asked the committee to request an assessment from its investment adviser, METER.
Three members of the public urged the Cuyahoga County Investment Advisory Committee on the record not to reinvest a $2 million Israel bond that will mature Dec. 1.
At a meeting of the committee, Shereen Nasser said the county’s sustainability policy includes social and human-rights criteria and that reinvesting in Israel bonds would violate that policy’s intent and language. “To invest in Israel bonds now is to knowingly invest in a state under investigation for genocide and apartheid. That is incompatible…
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