According to the Jerusalem Post, Columbia University students passed a referendum to boycott and divest from companies that “profit from or engage in the State of Israel’s acts towards Palestinians.” According to results shared with The Jewish Week, 61 percent (1,081 votes) voted in favor of the referendum; 27 percent of the student body (485 votes) voted against the referendum, and 11 percent (205 votes) abstained.
According to Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia, in a city that has the largest Jewish population in the world, this was a remarkable sign of change. Philip Weiss interviewed Khalidi in this Mondoweiss article.
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