This is insane. Our government is basically owned by Israel at this point. Fuck them.
Asking out of ignorance: How would an institution in, say, Michigan even begin to “boycott” a country on the other side of the world…? Do they really mean protesting against Israel? Or is this all bullshit to begin with and just political theater?
BDS covers divesting from Israeli companies/companies with certain Israeli ties and not engaging with its bond markets. There is also a lot of software and technology transfer stuff between US universities and Israel. This House bill is stupid and hopefully dies in Senate.
Ah, that makes perfect sense. Thank you. It makes perfect sense why a bill like this would exist in the first place: MONEY! 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Endowment funds, most universities have them, this link has a specific tag for universities.
