Northwestern U. Students Pass Israel Divestment Resolution

posted on: Feb 20, 2015

The Northwestern University student body has narrowly passed a resolution calling on the university to divest from six corporations which, according to the resolution’s sponsors, violate Palestinian human rights.

The resolution, which was sponsored by the NUDivest campus organization, is only a recommendation to university officials and does not represent a policy change, The Daily Northwestern website reported.

Northwestern University has campuses in Evanston and Chicago in Illinois, in the United States.

The companies involved are Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Hewlett-Packard, G4S, Caterpillar and Elbit Systems. Divestment supporters maintained that products from these companies are used by Israel in human rights violations in the Palestinian territories.

The resolution passed with 24 votes in favor and 22 votes against, with three abstentions, following more than five hours of debate.

Source: www.haaretz.com