Later tonight, the Park Slope Food Co-op will vote on whether to hold a referendum on boycotting Israeli products to protest the government’s treatment of Palestine, and if Councilman Dan Halloran has anything to say about it (he doesn’t), they will reject the proposed ban.

Mr. Halloran, of course, is the Republican candidate in a congressional race in northeastern Queens that has increasingly become obsessed with supporting Israel. His own campaign announcement speech yesterday repeated the word “Israel” time and time again, and today, he’s keeping up the same rhetoric. Read More