From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Nora Barrows-Friedman was published by EI on March 16, 2016.
“Listen: Threats fail to curb student boycotts of Israel”
Students from a wide coalition at the University of Minnesota recently launched a divestment campaign to urge the administration to pull its investments in four companies that profit from Israel’s violations of Palestinian rights.
Meanwhile, funds for student activities at Vassar College were threatened by the college’s board of trustees if a boycott amendment was passed.
And in New York City, a major Zionist group is pushing local lawmakers to ban chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine.
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