Largest City in Maine Becomes Fourth in US to Adopt Israel Divestment Resolution
Lawmakers in Portland, Maine voted unanimously on Wednesday to divest public funds from “all entities complicit” in Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip, making the city the first on the U.S. East Coast to take such a step. Sponsored by the Maine Coalition for Palestine and the Maine chapter of Jewish Voices for Peace (JVP), the newly approved resolution contains a “divestment list” of more…