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Source: https://vtdigger.org/2021/09/14/burlington-city-council-withdraws-resolution-boycotting-israel/
Burlington City Council Withdraws Resolution Boycotting Israel
(VTDigger-Vermont) Grace Elletson - The Burlington City Council on Monday dropped a proposal to boycott the State of Israel. The resolution's lead sponsor, Councilor Ali Dieng, moved to withdraw his own proposal from the agenda. After receiving more than 2,000 emails from people across the country expressing concern about the resolution, he came to the conclusion that it was one-sided. Jewish Communities of Vermont, a statewide organization, argued: "That the Council will use its precious resources to debate an extremely complex, contentious, divisive issue of international politics is a tip-off to its real intent: to bring harm to Israel and the Jewish community through opposition to the one and only Jewish state, Israel. BDS is not a constructive movement to bring peace, it is a hateful initiative to target Israel alone."