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R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)
Sun Apr 12, 2015, 01:10 PM Apr 2015

New York professors join BDS movement

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/americas/17992-new-york-professors-join-bds-movement

Around 120 professors at New York University have joined the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement in calling for the institution to divest from companies linked to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, Al-Risalah newspaper has reported. The BDS movement has had some success in other parts of the US, notably in California.

According to Al-Risalah, the academics criticised the NYU policy of not disclosing the identity of the companies it is dealing with. This, they say, makes it harder to know whether they deal with the Israeli occupation or not. Students at NYU are pushing their professors to call for transparency in the university's investments, and for divestment if and when links to the occupation are discovered.

"I support 'NYU Out of Occupied Palestine' because I am opposed to apartheid," said Professor of English Elaine Freedgood in a press statement. "The international boycott of apartheid in South Africa was a significant factor in its demise."



BDS is the light that will shine on the malady known as Israeli apartheid. The hasbarists know this, and they will do anything, throw any mud, make up smear after smear in order to shut down debate on it.
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