Hackney Moves BDS Politics Into Local Government

Today’s lead: Hackney’s council has begun unwinding its 58-year partnership with Haifa, moving BDS politics from protest into local government administration.

Also tracking: a J7 report records the deadliest year for Diaspora Jews since the 1994 AMIA bombing, Jewish voters are pressing lawmakers over Israel votes, and Iran’s attack on U.S. forces has reopened the escalation track.

In the wire: the Senate advances a five-year Iran-sanctions extension, a hammer-wielding intruder injures a child at a Queens Jewish school, and five states move toward leaving the ICC.