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Residents urge Alexandria City Council to divest from companies tied to Israel
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the council during an extended public-comment period to act on a recent Human Rights Commission recommendation and remove city investments in companies they said enable Israeli apartheid and human-rights abuses. Council did not take formal action during the hearing.
Dozens of Alexandria residents used the council’s public-comment period to press elected officials to divest city funds and contracts from companies they said materially support Israeli actions in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Speakers cited a recent Human Rights Commission recommendation and international human-rights reporting as the basis for their requests.
“Israel is an apartheid state and the people of Alexandria do not want our investments to support it in any way,” said Lisonbee…
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