Posts Tagged: Israel Divestment
Israel Divestment Votes at California Schools Garner Mixed Results
JNS.org - Resolutions to divest from Israel were resoundingly defeated in votes by the student governments of two California state schools, but a divestment...
Cornell Student Government Tables Israel Divestment, Averting Passover Vote
JNS.org - Cornell University's Student Assembly on Thursday voted 15-8 (with one abstention) to indefinitely table a resolution that asked the university to divest...
Israel Divestment Measure Vetoed by Loyola U. Student Government President
JNS.org - Pedro Guerrero, president of the United Student Government Association (USGA) at Chicago's Loyola University, on Wednesday vetoed a USGA resolution calling for...
U.K.’s King’s College Passes Israel Divestment Resolution
JNS.org - The United Kingdom-based King's College London Students Union (KCLSU) passed a resolution to endorse the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement against Israel. The...
How Can Kings College Tolerate BDS?
For nearly twenty years, under the leadership of Middle East historian Efraim Karsh and his Middle East and Mediterranean Studies Programme, Kings College London was...
Multiple European Pension Funds Consider Divesting From Israel
JNS.org - Several large European pension funds are considering divesting from Israeli banks. According to the Financial Times, the pension funds are concerned "that the banks...
Pro-Israel Christians Protest Dutch Pension Giant’s Divestment From Israel
JNS.org - Hundreds of Dutch Christian activists demonstrated outside the headquarters of Dutch pension giant PGGM, to protest the pension company's recent decision to...
‘Zionist BDS’ is a Lie
JNS.org - I recently received an email from a friend of mine who lives in Brighton, a town on England's south coast. He told...
Solution to BDS Movement May Come from China
JNS.org - An apparent antidote to the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is coming from a once unlikely source. Chinese magnate Li...
Fighting for Israel on College Campuses
It's that time again. In my office, September is one of the busiest months of the year. My students, located all around North America, are returning...
UC Santa Barbara, in Marathon Hearing, Becomes Latest School to Reject Israel Divestment
The student government at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has rejected an Israel divestment resolution in the latest victory for pro-Israel students in...
Israel Divestment Resolution Overturned by University of California, Riverside Students
The University of California, Riverside (UCR) student government overturned a recently passed student senate resolution that urged the University of California (UC) system to implement...
Blog: Judea, Samaria Boycott Resolution Passes at Presbyterian General Assembly (UPDATE)
As the Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly unfolds, and the topic of Israel is on the agenda, The Algemeiner will update our readers on continuing developments with...
Presbyterian Church Urged to Reject Divestment of Israel Resolution
More than 12,000 Jews signed a letter urging Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) General Assembly delegates to reject a resolution that asks for three...
