Protesters Are Demanding Colleges Divest From Israel. Here’s Why That’s Not Happening.
4/25/24
from The Wall Street Journal,
4/25/24:
The pro-Palestinian student protesters roiling college campuses across the country have a common demand: that their universities divest from companies doing business with Israel. Schools including Columbia University, New York University and Yale University have responded with a resounding “No,” suggesting scant odds of a speedy resolution to demonstrations that have divided students and triggered mass arrests.
University administrators have steered clear of activists’ arguments that Israel is committing genocide. Endowment chiefs say divesting would set a questionable precedent.
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