UNDERNEWS: Durham, NC votes for nation’s first ban on police exchanges with Israel

April 18, 2018

Durham, NC votes for nation’s first ban on police exchanges with Israel

Mondoweiss -Durham voted unanimously to become the first city in the U.S. to prohibit police exchanges with Israel, after broad community pressure and popular petition by the Demilitarize! Durham-Palestine coalition, an affiliate of the Deadly Exchange Campaign. The policy, which states that, “the Council opposes international exchanges with any country in which Durham officers receive military-style training,” was voted into official policy of the City of Durham during heated debate at City Council.

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