Divestment Measure Passes in Loyola University in Chicago Student Senate
University of Michigan and Arizona State Voted to Table Similar Measures
The student government at Loyola University in Chicago passed a resolution calling on the university to divest from companies that do business in Israel.
Meanwhile, the University of Michigan and Arizona State University student governments voted to postpone consideration of divestment bills, according to the pro-Israel group StandWithUs.
The Loyola Student Senate voted Tuesday evening to remove its holdings from eight companies that provide equipment to Israel for use in the West Bank. The vote on a measure proposed by the Loyola chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine passed 26-0 with two abstentions.
The companies are Caterpillar, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Raytheon, Elbit Systems, SodaStream and Veolia.
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