A group of Palm Beach residents are suing the Florida county over its $700 million investment in Israeli bonds. “The people here are the grittiest, most powerful organizers I’ve had the privilege of seeing,” a local activist told Mondoweiss.
In the first such divestment action by a major Christian denomination, the General Conference of The United Methodist Church has voted to divest from Israel bonds, and those of other countries carrying out prolonged military occupations.
The human rights group Democracy for the Arab World Now is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Israel Bonds for being an unregistered foreign agent.