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Praised and reviled, Cuomo’s anti-BDS order seen as game changer by both sides

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signing an executive order directing the divestment of public funds supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel, at the Harvard Club in New York City, June 5, 2016. (Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo)

NEW YORK (JTA) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive order opposing BDS shouldn’t have made a splash — but it did. A handful of states had already passed similar measures opposing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. So had the New York State Senate — though… Read more »