Cal Divest From Apartheid

Published in Berkeley Daily Planet, April 08, 2010 Two weeks ago, UC Berkeley’s student senate made a historic 16-4 decision to divest from General Electric and United Technologies, two American companies that profit from the Israeli occupation. A week later, the student body president vetoed the bill, citing its “focus on a specific country,” Israel. [...]

April 8, 2010 Dear friends: I am writing in support of the ASUC Senate’s bill calling for divestment of ASUC assets from General Electric and United Technologies “because of their military support of the occupation of Palestinian territories.” I have been involved in Palestinian and Israeli conflict transformation work for the past 40 years during [...]