'Divest from Israel': Columbia, Harvard say no to student demands
US News: Despite the pressure from protest students and activists, universities across the US remain steadfast in their opposition to divestment. Harvard Unive
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US News: Despite the pressure from protest students and activists, universities across the US remain steadfast in their opposition to divestment. Harvard Unive
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators want universities to cut their investments in everything tied to Israel and weapons that fuel the war in Gaza. But university administrators and lawmakers have for decades rejected the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement against Israel, viewing it as antisemitic.
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A cause celebre is ringing out across Harvard Yard, Columbia’s South Lawn, Yale’s Beinecke Plaza and UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza: Disclose and divest.
After Yale police arrested 48 pro-Palestine student protesters on Monday morning, several of the University’s cultural groups released statements condemning the University’s response and expressing support for the students involved in the protests.