U OF MICHIGAN PROFESSORS SUPPORT DIVESTMENT FROM ISRAEL

Divestment letter submitted at Michigan
More than 40 professors and staff members at the University of Michigan presented a letter supporting divestment from Israel.

Submitted online and to university regents last Friday, the letter argued that the school’s financial involvements in Israel posed a “serious moral or ethical questions.” During the apartheid, university regents voted to divest stock of companies doing business with South Africa, and some Jewish observers worry they will do the same now with Israel-related stocks.

Backers of divestment say the move will pressure Israel not to violate Palestinian human rights, but opponents say it ignores the reality that Israel is responding to Palestinian terrorist attacks.