Chicago urges city workers’ pension fund to divest from Iran
City would join New York, Washington and 11 other US cities
View ArticleAmerican Methodists vote against divesting from Israel
US Methodist Church says it won’t cut relations with three companies tied to Israel’s control of West Bank
View ArticleMassive Norwegian state fund to divest from Israeli company
Ethics board finds Shikun and Binui ‘in breach of international humanitarian law in East-Jerusalem’
View ArticlePresbyterian divestment push passes hurdle; general vote could come Thursday
Middle East Committee moves to pull funds from Caterpillar and other firms doing business with Israel
View ArticleCanadian politicians warn against divesting from Israel
Senators tell church that boycott could harm relations with Jewish community
View ArticlePresbyterian Church in US considers Israel divestment
Jewish groups claim Israel’s very legitimacy — not just millions of dollars invested in Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola — is at stake in vote
View ArticleUS Presbyterians shoot down motion to divest from Israel
Vote defeated by razor-thin margin, followed by a call to invest in peace; Americans for Peace Now applaud decision
View ArticleRomney failed to act on Iran divestment as governor, Democrats charge
But neither did Obama when he was a state senator, notes conservative think tank expert whose report is cited in Democrats’ charges
View ArticleQuaker group divests from companies working in Israel
Hewlett-Packard and French firm targeted for their ties to Israeli military
View ArticleStudy finds no anti-Semitism or anti-Israel activity at most North American...
Investigators report absence of incidents on 97 percent of campuses, conclude that divestment movement ‘backfired’ for anti-Israel activists
View ArticleUC-Irvine student senate advances non-binding divestment resolution on Israel
Unanimous decision cites ‘apartheid’ against Palestinians, but must pass two more stages before implementation
View ArticleUC Irvine rejects divestment push
Campus officials veto unanimous student council resolution criticizing Israeli ‘apartheid’
View ArticleStanford students reject Israel divestment measure
Nobel Prize winners weigh in on both sides of debate over student group proposal
View ArticleUniversity of California campus reverses decision to divest
UC Riverside student leaders overturn previous vote on Israel policy after seeing how Jewish students feel marginalized, the LA Times reports
View Article‘Shell to dump energy firm over its ties to Israel’
Australia’s Woodside Petroleum has a 30-percent interest in Israel’s Leviathan natural gas field
View ArticleDutch pensions group divests from Israeli banks
St. Louis Jewish Light: The company has a marginal investment of several dozen millions of dollars in Israeli banks out of billions it invests all over the world
View ArticleHundreds protest Dutch firm’s divestment from Israel
300 rally outside the offices of PGGM pension administrator after organization cuts ties with five Israeli banks
View ArticleDivestment resolution shot down at U of Michigan
Student assembly votes 25-9 against shunning companies which Palestinian supporters say violate human rights
View ArticleDivestment votes surge but largely fail on US campuses
At some universities, Jewish students find themselves scrambling to counter the lobbying efforts of well-organized pro-Palestinian activists
View ArticleU. of New Mexico student group passes divestment resolution
Campus Jewish group fails to attend meeting because vote was not on the agenda
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