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Why do all those US universities have dealings with Israel? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by marcos@lemmy.world to c/outoftheloop@lemmy.world

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All those student protests on the US seem to be about stopping their universities from supporting the Israel government. But supporting a foreign government is not a normal thing for a university to do, why do they do it?

Is there some educational or research resource they get?

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[–] aleph@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Divestment from Israel can take many forms, depending on the institution. Some colleges may be directly involved with Israeli companies, or receive funding from them, while others may simply have a broad investment portfolio that includes Israeli companies, or just Western companies that also do business with Israel.

So it's not like all colleges and universities in the US are all supporting Israel in the same way, and therefore divesting from Israel can vary in terms of how complicated the process would be.