The University of California won't divest from firms that do business with Israel or boycott academic exchanges with the country, rejecting demands that are driving the pro-Palestinian protests sweeping campuses across the nation. 'The University of California has consistently opposed calls for boycott against and divestment from Israel,' UC said in a statement posted Friday.
, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz. 'We understand these investments are profitable for UC. War is profitable,' said one divestment campaign organizer, who asked for anonymity to protect their personal safety. 'It just means we have to keep organizing.' The organizer said the campaign's goal was to redirect UC investment dollars from firms that promote 'mass violence being perpetrated by people all over the world' through weapons manufacturing, for instance, or surveillance technology.
student organizers said the divestment effort would take years — the anti-apartheid campaign lasted more than two decades before it succeeded — and that the recent wave of student protests would only get stronger.
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