BDS in Hampshire, USA

Yup, that's USA, not UK. From the International Middle East Media Centre:

Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, has become the first of any college or university in the U.S. to divest from companies on the grounds of their involvement in the Israeli occupation of Palestine. This landmark move is a direct result of a two-year intensive campaign by the campus group, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). The group pressured Hampshire College's Board of Trustees to divest from six specific companies due to human rights concerns in occupied Palestine. Over 800 students, professors, and alumni have signed SJP's "institutional statement" calling for the divestment.

Hampshire College Campus (Photo: www.hampshire.edu)

The proposal put forth by SJP was approved on Saturday, 7 Feb 2009 by the Board. By divesting from these companies, SJP believes that Hampshire has distanced itself from complicity in the illegal occupation and war crimes of Israel. Meeting minutes from a committee of Hampshire's Board of Trustees confirm that "President Hexter acknowledged that it was the good work of SJP that brought this issue to the attention of the committee." This groundbreaking decision follows in Hampshire's history of being the first college in the country to divest from apartheid South Africa thirty-two years ago, a decision based on similar human rights concerns. This divestment was also a direct result of student pressure.

Apparently plagiarist, fraud and zionist bully boy, Alan Dershowitz, is on the case already. This is from the Students for Justice in Palestine.

Allen Dershowitz has just called SJP [Students for Justice in Palestine] members and has threatened to start an international campaign to divest from Hampshire College.

Don't go away. I'll update you as to the fund-raising efforts.