THETFORD — Voters at the floor meeting on Saturday passed an article pledging “to join others in working to end support to Israel’s Apartheid system, settler colonialism, and military occupation.”

Article 23 passed by a voice floor vote after about an hour of discussion, Town Clerk Tracy Borst said. The article is part of an international campaign developed by the American Friends Service Committee, which is the national service arm of American Quakers.

“On Saturday, the Thetford Town Meeting became the first municipality in the nation to pass the Apartheid-Free Community Pledge with an overwhelmingly ‘Yes’ vote,” according to a news release from the Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation.

An article appropriating $400 to WISE for the purpose of ending gender-based violence, was amended from the floor to appropriate $1,300 for the organization.

A $1.96 million general fund, of which $1.49 million is to come from taxes passed, as well as a Department of Public Works budget of $1.65 million, $1.47 million of which is to come from taxes.

In ballot voting on Tuesday, Thetford voters approved a school budget of $10.4 million.

They also elected officers in uncontested races, including David Forbes to a three-year term on the Selectboard and Steven Tofel to a two-year term on the board.

On the school side, they elected Alexis Sargent to a three-year term on the School Board and Mary Chin to a two-year term.