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Tufts student senate passes Israel divestment resolution
Jewish Telegraphic Agency ^ | April 10, 2017 | Staff

Posted on 04/10/2017 12:00:43 PM PDT by C19fan

The Tufts University student senate passed a resolution calling on the university to divest from four companies that do business with Israel.

The resolution, titled “A Resolution Calling for Tufts University to End Investments in The Israeli Occupation,” passed the Tufts Community Union Senate on Sunday night by a vote of 17 in favor and six opposed, with eight abstentions. More than 100 students attended the senate debate prior to the vote, according to the Tufts Daily student newspaper.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; college; education; israel; tufts
My alma mater. That is why I have not given a dime to that school; my dad paid full freight so I feel no obligation to the place. Tufts has a large contingent of Jewish students and alumni. I hope the alums speak loudly by keeping their wallets shut tight.
1 posted on 04/10/2017 12:00:43 PM PDT by C19fan
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College kids know so much more than the rest of us. As for us rubes, time to divest from giving these shitholes money and divest from hiring these little shits.


2 posted on 04/10/2017 12:04:17 PM PDT by guido911 (all)
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Tufts just went full Nazi. You never go full Nazi.


3 posted on 04/10/2017 12:04:19 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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They even changed the name of the Weisel Library.


4 posted on 04/10/2017 12:35:43 PM PDT by MGG
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They even changed the name of the Weisel Library.


5 posted on 04/10/2017 12:35:49 PM PDT by MGG
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Wonder if this school has any research funded by US government agencies. If so, they may be in violation of the federal Anti Arab Boycott law.


6 posted on 04/10/2017 1:59:05 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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College to students. GROW UP this is not grade school!


7 posted on 04/10/2017 2:01:34 PM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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Passing that resolution on Palm Sunday, and Monday being the first night of Passover. Message sent, was message received?


8 posted on 04/10/2017 2:04:06 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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