Voters in the Boston suburb of Somerville approved a nonbinding referendum last week, instructing city leaders to end business with companies that “sustain Israel's apartheid, genocide and illegal occupation of Palestine,” the first time such a measure has passed at a US municipal ballot.The vote on Election Day was 11,489 in favor to 7,920 against, according to the city's unofficial results, which also note that certification typically follows within two to three weeks. Mayor-elect Jake Wilson,

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