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Residents urge Summit County Council to refrain from reinvesting in Israeli bonds
Summary
During public comment Jan. 26, several residents urged Summit County Council not to reinvest in Israeli bonds and to adopt a divestment policy; speakers cited moral and economic concerns and asked the council to follow through on an earlier commitment not to reinvest. Council did not take a vote on investment policy at the meeting.
Several members of the public used the Jan. 26 public comment period to press Summit County Council to stop reinvesting in Israeli bonds and to adopt an indefinite divestment policy.
Reverend John Beatty addressed council expressing concern for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and urged "a non renewal of the Israeli bonds" because, he said, such investments "support genocide and ethnic cleansing." A…
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