Students at Loyola University of Chicago have passed a resolution calling for divestment from Israel, Illinois Watchdog reports:
The Unified Student Government Association of Chicago’s Loyola University passed a resolution this week calling for the institution to divest itself from companies that do business in Israel.
The resolution, proposed by the Loyola chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, passed Tuesday 26-0 with two abstentions. The measure specifically targets eight corporations that do business in the West Bank. Included on the divestment list are Caterpillar, Veolia, Hewlett-Packard and SodaStream.
The measure, which encourages university administrators “to withdraw investments” from the companies, went unchallenged during the student government meeting.
StandWithUs National Campus Program Director Brett Cohen, an alumnus of Loyola University, told the Jewish News Service the divestment resolution was introduced suddenly, “using undemocratic tactics and no debate or opposition…”
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