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Globes (Updated): Harvard denies divestment from Israel
Foreign Policy: Harvard not divesting from Israel

IOA Editor: Harvard's sale of all its Israeli holdings will remain a bit of a mystery, at least for a while. The manner in which it was done - an entire country-portfolio, sold at once - during the second quarter of 2010 which, coincidentally or not, was also when the Berkeley BDS struggle culminated, suggests it may be more than just a matter of investment management.

If the Harvard Corporation wanted to avoid becoming embroiled in a BDS struggle connected to the Israeli Occupation - say, the next time Israel commits war crimes on sea or land - its best strategy would be to make a 'business decision' to pull out of Israel, quietly and without fanfare: not to make a principled, morally-based and publicly explained University policy decision, one that would be controversial and may cause some of Harvard's donors to put their money elsewhere. And this is exactly what it did. Only time will tell.]]> http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-17/harvard-insists-israeli-shares-sale-not-driven-by-boycott/feed/ 1 http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-16/harvard-university-fund-sells-all-israel-holdings/ http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-16/harvard-university-fund-sells-all-israel-holdings/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:10:32 +0000 admin http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=20233
IOA Editor:The Harvard Management Company -- a subsidiary of Harvard University charged with managing the university's endowment, pension assets, working capital, and non-cash gifts -- is best known for managing the university's $26 billion endowment, the largest endowment in US higher education. Historically, the HMC has been the leading university investment management company, receiving a great deal of attention from all other university funds.

This is probably the first reported university endowment divestment from all Israeli holdings. Coming from Harvard, it sets a very important precedent: it is likely to be reviewed, scrutinized, and possibly followed, by other universities. Because Harvard, or HMC, has yet to make a public statement on the decision, one can only assume that it took place as a preventive measure, to avoid becoming the "next Berkeley." ]]> http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-16/harvard-university-fund-sells-all-israel-holdings/feed/ 1 http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-05/israeli-defense-firms-land-record-deal-making-parts-for-f-35-joint-strike-jets/ http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-05/israeli-defense-firms-land-record-deal-making-parts-for-f-35-joint-strike-jets/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:05:06 +0000 admin http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=19750
IOA Editor: There's no business like War Business, to misappropriate Irving Berlin.]]> http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-08-05/israeli-defense-firms-land-record-deal-making-parts-for-f-35-joint-strike-jets/feed/ 2 http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation/ http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:07:38 +0000 admin http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=17910 The Political Economy of Israel's Occupation.

IOA Editor: This is a very important series. Among other things, it confirms Amira Hass's assertions, made regularly, that Israel knows that peace just doesn't pay.]]> http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation/feed/ 1 http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-ii/ http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-ii/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:06:31 +0000 admin http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=17962 The Political Economy of Israel's Occupation.

Part II: Israel Inflates National Security Concerns in Order to Invalidate Labor and Class Disputes

IOA Editor: This is a very important series, confirming Amira Hass's assertions, made regularly, that Israel knows that peace just doesn't pay.]]> http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-ii/feed/ 0 http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-iii/ http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-iii/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:05:43 +0000 admin http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=17963 The Political Economy of Israel's Occupation.

Part III: Israeli Elite Profited through Privatization of Public Assets - Workers Are Asked to Sacrifice

IOA Editor: This is a very important series, confirming Amira Hass's assertions, made regularly, that Israel knows that peace just doesn't pay.]]> http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-iii/feed/ 0 http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-iv/ http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-iv/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:04:50 +0000 admin http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=18169 The Political Economy of Israel's Occupation.

Part IV: Rational and Irrational Zionism - The Moderates and the Right

IOA Editor: This is a very important series, confirming Amira Hass's assertions, made regularly, that Israel knows that peace just doesn't pay.]]> http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-iv/feed/ 0 http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-v/ http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-v/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:03:24 +0000 admin http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=18171 The Political Economy of Israel's Occupation.

Part V: One State or Two, There Should Be Economic Justice – The Only State Now is Israel, It Has Obligations

IOA Editor: This is a very important series, confirming Amira Hass's assertions, made regularly, that Israel knows that peace just doesn't pay.]]> http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-v/feed/ 0 http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-vi/ http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-vi/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:02:23 +0000 admin http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=18172 The Political Economy of Israel's Occupation.

Part VI: Israel's Elite and the Far Right - Israel Sells Itself As 'Frontline' Against Islam

IOA Editor: This is a very important series, confirming Amira Hass's assertions, made regularly, that Israel knows that peace just doesn't pay.]]> http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-vi/feed/ 0 http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-vii/ http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2010-07-15/shir-hever-the-political-economy-of-israels-occupation-part-vii/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:01:55 +0000 admin http://www.israeli-occupation.org/?p=18173 The Political Economy of Israel's Occupation.

Part VII: The Boycott Israel Movement - The Reasons for Boycotting Israel

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