USA: Pro-Palestine activists march on NY Governor's house over Israel boycott ban

Dozens of supporters of the pro-Palestinian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement marched on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's residence in Westchester County, New York, Wednesday, voicing opposition to Cuomo's executive order to ban state sponsorship of groups that boycott the state of Israel.
At the governor’s residence, the BDS activists were met by a counter-rally of pro-Israel demonstrators carrying numerous Israel flag. The groups taunted each other but the heightened police presence and buffer zone between the two groups prevented any escalation.
In early June, the New York Governor announced executive order No. 157, which forces all state agencies and organisations to divest from any company or institution that supports the BDS movement. "If you boycott against Israel, New York will boycott you," stated Cuomo as he announced the executive order.
The Palestinian-led BDS movement, founded in 2005, was modelled on the global campaign to bring an end to Apartheid in South Africa. The BDS movement aims to put international pressure on Israel to respect the human rights of Palestinians, those under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza, those living as unequal citizens inside Israeli territory and the 12 million refugees denied the right of return to their homeland.