Since 2015, 38 states have passed anti-BDS legislation.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather in front of Sproul Hall during a planned protest on the campus of UC Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif., on Monday, April 22, 2024. Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters staged a demonstration in front of Sproul Hall where they set up a tent encampment and are demanding a permanent cease-fire in the war between Israel and Gaza. BERKELEY — One thorny detail is often overlooked amid protester calls for divestment from Israel: the looming threat of bulldozed budgets.
Yet how can they? The law forbids the award of state grants or contracts of $100,000 or more to government and state organizations that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, known by the acronym BDS. The California bill specifically prohibits funding from being awarded to organizations that discriminate against foreign countries — and explicitly mentions Israel. Proponents argue that divestment violates state and federal civil rights laws regarding business and employment. Furthermore, the BDS movement has been accused of being anti-Israel because it directly questions the legitimacy and sovereignty of the Jewish state.
The last time the University of California complied with students’ calls for divestment was nearly four decades ago when mass protests that erupted in April 1985 eventually culminated in UC’s divestment ofIn 2002, UC regents chairman John Moores said the university wasn’t likely to divest any time soon.
While the regents have not disclosed what proportion of its current investments have ties to Israel, the UC Berkeley Divest Coalition — representing 75 student, staff, faculty and alumni organizations calling for UC to divest — said in a statement that the UC system invests more than $2 billion in companies that supply arms.
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