In just a few years the Palestinian campaign to boycott Israeli goods has become truly global
Omar Barghouti
BDS avoids the prescription of any particular political formula and insists, instead, on realising the basic, UN-sanctioned rights that correspond to the three main segments of the Palestinian people: ending Israel’s occupation and colonisation of all Arab lands occupied since 1967; ending racial discrimination against its Palestinian citizens; and recognising the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes, as stipulated in UN resolution 194.
I just read this on youtube posted by someone called PeacefulTomorrow1 -
ReplyDelete"Breaking news: Harvard University fund sells all holding in Israel. BDS movement is spreading throughout USA and around the world!"
Any confirmation?
OOPS! I should have scrolled down before asking.
ReplyDeleteThere are reports , it's just balancing investments
ReplyDeleteHarvard insists Israeli shares sale not driven by boycott
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Harvard rebalances endowment portfolio
Pamela Olson on Mondoweiss :
<span>Sorry, not convinced, just like I wasn’t convinced when a Hampshire College administrator tried to convince me their divestment had nothing to do with Israel. Harvard sez, “Oh sure, we divested from Israeli companies, but that was just ‘rebalancing.’ Other people have Israeli stocks in, uh, commingled accounts and indexes and, uh, so nothing to see here, folks!”</span>
I find it odd they sell all Israeli holdings.
Nor am I convinced. But even if it is a 'rebalance', the reason for that may be BDS impact on Israeli stock.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the pressure
But is not missing the point ? .If such an institution is to BDS , it should also be seeing to do so , or am i being too idealistic !
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