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Presbyterian Church committee advances divestment resolution
A committee of the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) passed a resolution endorsing divestment from three U.S. companies that “profit from Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands.”
Oberlin College Student Senate endorses divestment resolution
The Oberlin College Student Senate endorsed a resolution that calls for the college to divest from six companies that do business in the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem and Gaza.
Cal-Berkeley student senate passes divestment measure
A student senate at the University of California, Berkeley narrowly passed a measure calling on the school to divest from three companies with dealings in the West Bank.
UC Irvine student divestment vote rejected by school officials
A resolution passed by the UC Irvine undergraduate student council calling on the university to divest from companies that “profit from Israel’s occupation of Palestine” has been rejected by the UCI administration.
Israel cited in Caterpillar’s delisting from influential investment index
The sale of Caterpillar tractors to Israel was a factor, but not the determining one, in the delisting of the company from an influential index that prioritizes good governance and human rights.The move, however, is poised to further complicate the difficult ongoing conversation about Israel taking place between American Jewish gruops and the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Hebrew National’s owner rejects suit’s claim that products are not up to kosher standards
Hebrew National boasts of \”answering to a higher authority,\” but several class-action lawyers are hoping to take one of the country\’s largest kosher meat producers to an earthly court.
Methodists reject divestment motion
The general conference of the United Methodist Church voted not to divest from three companies that trade with Israel.
Take a stroll down memoir lane with the family
Amid this seasonally induced excitement, if we are lucky, we\’ll be spending more time with our families — both nuclear and extended.