Wesleyan University Board Rejects Divestment From Companies Tied to Israel-Hamas War

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The Wesleyan University Board of Trustees has rejected a student-led proposal to divest from companies linked to the Israel-Hamas conflict. The Committee for Investor Responsibility (CIR) argued that these companies contribute to human rights violations in Gaza and the West Bank, but the trustees sided with the investment committee's previous decision.

“Our demand remains clear: the Wesleyan Board of Trustees must approve the CIR’s divestment proposal, which acknowledges the severe ethical concerns surrounding the Israeli occupation”Wesleyan University’s board of trustees rejected a plan Saturday to divest from companies tied to the Israel-Hamas war.

“These companies enable indiscriminate bombings, manufactured famine and war crimes that include sexual violence and torture,” students wrote in a statement before the vote, according to the “As nearly 90 percent of schools in Palestine have been destroyed by tuition-funded, U.S.-made, Israeli-dropped bombs, we are committed to ceasing the operations of Weselyan’s investment office — which controls over $20 million in aerospace and defense companies — until the Board of Trustees commits to divesting from the U.S.-Israel war machine,” the students stated.

Anti-Israel student activists occupied the school’s investment office in protest a day before the vote, “impeding administrative business,” according to a written statement from Wesleyan officials.

 

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