Columbia University student workers’ union withdraws Israel divestment demand
Middle East2 sources2 countries🔦 Under-reported59m ago
At a bargaining meeting on Tuesday, the Columbia University student workers' union officially dropped its demand for the university to divest financially from Israel. The union, which represents more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate student workers, made the decision as a new Israel program is scheduled to open.
This development coincides with a major shift in the union's politics and orientation. Since the start of the war in Gaza, the union had dedicated itself extensively to the pro-Palestinian student movement before reversing its divestment stance this week.
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Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem, Israel) (IL)Highlights the simultaneous dropping of divestment and opening of a new Israel program.
Middle East Eye (GB)Emphasizes the move as a major shift in the union's pro-Palestinian politics.
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