[ Once again, BDS against Israel started by Palestinian groups. Not against any other country, against any other people ]
Some 650 students signed a petition by #DivestUMD, an initiative of Students for Justice in Palestine. The resolution was endorsed by campus groups including the Pride Alliance, Political Latinx United for Movement and Action in Society and the Muslim Alliance for Social Change, the
Diamondback reported. A petition against the resolution was signed by 1,086 students.
The resolution called on the university to divest from companies doing business in Israel that “are contributing to and/or exacerbating egregious human rights violations in occupied Palestine.”
In 2017, the university’s student government
scrapped a BDS bill before it came to a vote.
“We are very proud of the students at UMD who once again stood up against this campaign of hatred and propaganda,” Rena Nasar, managing director of Campus Affairs at StandWithUs, said in a statement. “BDS has no place on campus and has only served to divide students and damage efforts to bring Israelis and Palestinians together.”
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University of Maryland student gov't rejects BDS resolution