President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 29, 2025. (Reuters File)
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Providence, Rhode Island, became the second U.S. city to divest from Israel after voters approved a ballot measure with 75% support, The Guardian reported.
The measure bars investments in foreign countries profiting from genocide, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and prolonged military occupation.
Organizers collected more than 10,000 signatures and knocked on 17,000 doors.
“It’s a demonstration that the idea that US Jews are in line behind Israel is just absolutely false,” said Zack Kligler, an organizer with Jewish Voice for Peace in Rhode Island. “We ended up mobilizing Jews across the city, and we won every ward, including the most heavily Jewish ones.”
The coalition hopes its campaign can guide similar efforts elsewhere, following an earlier divestment vote in Somerville, Massachusetts, according to the news outlet.
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