What is the divestment movement?
The divestment movement seeks to convince colleges and universities to sell all investments in Israel and Israeli companies in protest of the current Middle East situation. The aim of the divestment movement, which is modeled after the divestment movement aimed at South Africa in the 1980s, is to delegitimize, demonize and dehumanize the State of Israel. The potential impact of the divestment movement is to plant vicious lies and misinformation in the minds of college students, our future leaders. The movement is anti-Semitic not because it criticizes Israel’s policies but because it uses false accusations and insincere ploys to delegitimize Israel’s existence. It singles out Israel as the only party to blame for the current situation is to perpetrate a lie, despite the fact that Israel agreed at Camp David to give the Palestinians over 95 percent of the West Bank and 100 percent of Gaza. Instead of accepting the offer or continuing negotiations, Palestinian leadership orchestrated the
