Senate votes to table divestment opposition bill SB 158
The ASUC Senate voted to table a bill that called for the ASUC to seek “investment opportunities that strengthen Israeli-Palestinian cooperation” at its meeting Wednesday night. Read More…
Tag Archives: Israel
Assault victim criticizes campus’s handling of incident
More information has been divulged about a student who was assaulted April 1 on Sproul plaza while tabling for a pro-Palestinian group. Read More…
Climate remains tense in wake of Landgraf’s decision not to veto
ASUC President Connor Landgraf announced Tuesday that he will not be vetoing SB 160, a bill that seeks the divestment of ASUC funds from companies associated with the Israeli military and encourages the UC to do the same. Read More…
Landgraf announces no veto on divestment bill SB 160
ASUC President Connor Landgraf has announced that he will not veto SB 160, the controversial bill passed last week that divests ASUC funds from companies affiliated with the Israeli military and encourages the UC to do the same. Read More…
Updates, tweets and photos from ASUC divestment meeting
A large number of students and faculty are expected to attend Wednesday night’s ASUC meeting, where the senate will discuss two opposing bills related to divestment from Israeli-affiliated companies. Read More…
Israel’s tolerance
Israel should be praised for its commitment to inclusion, not denigrated for its minor flaws
This week Tikvah: Students for Israel held our sixth annual Israel Peace and Diversity Week (IPD Week). As always, there was an array of informative lectures, exciting activities and educational events about the most vibrant democracy in the Middle East. Israel Peace and Diversity Week has special importance given the Read More…
ASUC Senate remains divided on divestment issue
The ASUC senate will be considering a contentious bill, SB 160, that would divest ASUC assets from Israeli-affiliated companies, in protest of the Israeli government’s alleged human rights violations in Palestine. Read More…
Kehinde Wiley explores modern Israeli culture at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
How to describe the comportment of the Israeli men in Kehinde Wiley’s portraits? Heads are tilted back and cocked to the side, jaws are tense. Stately and supercilious? Yes, but also guarded and defiant. “The head must be proud, proud,” Wiley says in an accompanying video, coaching a model. Rappers Read More…
ASUC Senate to revisit Israel divestment
The ASUC Senate will be revisiting one of UC Berkeley’s most contentious issues with the introduction of a bill that calls for the divestment of all ASUC and UC funds from any companies associated with the Israeli military or settlement activity in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Read More…
Off the beat: Israel, the salad bowl?
I still remember that day in fifth grade like it was yesterday. “America is not a melting pot — it’s a salad bowl,” my teacher told us. “We have lots of different cultures — carrots, cucumbers, lettuce — but they don’t mix.” Ten-year-old me, eyes full of tears, rushed home to Read More…