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Local Media on Divestment

Daily Pennsylvanian
Perspective: Divestment (Nov 26, 2002)
Middle East conflict hits home
At Penn, the divestment debate has been heated but civil, according to student leaders.
Letters to the Editor (Nov 25, 2002)
Dan Fishback: Doing battle with words (Nov 18, 2002)
Divestment is a huge, complicated, torturous issue. My opinion -- which is, today, neither pro nor con -- hinges on too many . . 
Letters to the Editor (Nov 13, 2002)
Ted Rosenbaum: The other side of human rights and divestment (Nov 12, 2002)
Many on Penn's campus are calling for a dialogue regarding the feasibility of University divestment from Israeli arms . . .
Letters to the Editor (Nov 06, 2002)
Speaker criticizes U.S. policy in Mideast (Nov 05, 2002  By Laura Sullivan)
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad called the leader of al Qaeda a 'product of U.S. foreign policy.'
Students split on divestment (Nov 06, 2002  By Beth Pollack)
A debate focused on University funds invested in companies doing business with Israel.
Letters to the Editor (Nov 04, 2002)
Angela Migally: Getting past the fog over divestment (Oct 31, 2002)
In early October, a campaign calling on Penn to divest from arms manufacturers that sell weapons to Israel and other human rights . . .
Staff Editorial: A thoughtful selection (Oct 31, 2002)
Desmond Tutu is a world-renowned moral and intellectual leader, and an excellent choice
Judith Rodin: On divestment and hate (Oct 18, 2002)
Therefore, the University of Pennsylvania will not support divestment from Israel, boycotts of Israeli scholars and scientists, or any effort to stifle the free expression of diverse ideas and opinions about the Middle East conflict by our faculty and students.
Letters to the Editor (Oct 10, 2002). 
Letters to the Editor (Oct 08, 2002)
Letters to the Editor (Oct 07, 2002)
Ariel Benson: The case against Chomsky (Oct 04, 2002)
It is hard to think of two speakers more different than Rudy Giuliani and Noam Chomsky. While Mayor Giuliani was busy consoling . . 
Controversial linguist rails at U.S. policies (Oct 04, 2002  By Taimur Khan)
Alumnus Noam Chomsky told a large crowd that U.S. actions have harmed many.

Philadelphia Weekly
Never Again? Calls for "divestment" in Israel are waking up some old ghosts. (Nov 05, 2002)

Philadelphia Inquirer
Middle East Conflict Comes to Campuses 12/27/02

Response to "Middle East Conflict Comes to Campuses" 12/31/02

 

Jewish Exponent

Anti-Divestment Petition Mobilized Support for Israel 1/2/03
The Tutu Controversy 11/6/2002
Letters to the Editor 10/30/2002
Penn President: Defend Free Speech While Saying ‘No’ to Divestment 10/23/2002
letters 10/16/2002
World Briefs 10/16/2002
Disinvesting at Penn 10/9/2002
Divestment Showdown 10/9/2002
Will Penn President Soft-Peddle on Issue? 10/9/2002
Myths & Facts 10/2/2002

 

National Media on Divestment

 

Web Sites Opposing Divestment

University of California
Columbia University
Columbia University Statement on Divestment from Israel
"As President of Columbia, however, I want to state clearly that I will not lend any support to this proposal. The petition alleges human rights abuses and compares Israel to South Africa at the time of apartheid, an analogy I believe is both grotesque and offensive."
Harvard/MIT

 

Web Sites Supporting Divestment

 

Useful Information and Links

Israel Campus Initiative

The ICI’s mission is to mobilize and empower college students in the Greater Philadelphia Area to stand up for Israel, promote Israel’s message to the campus community, support Israel’s right to exist in peace and flourish, and respond to anti-Israel rhetoric and propaganda on college campuses.

Stand With Us

Goal is to educate at all levels, balance the media, help expose militant Islamic groups and leadership, expose the Palestinian-Arabic apparatus of hate and violence, improve public relations for Israel, perfect our Christian-Jewish alliance, and promote key charities that directly affect these efforts. StandWithUs will stand in support of any bill that inhibits or interferes with terrorism. Stand With Us Campus