University of California divests from Israel and ends study abroad programs
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- Students at the University of California (UC) announced UC's divestment from Israel and the cessation of study abroad programs. This decision followed a pledge signed by over 5,000 UC alumni, withholding donations until UC divests from companies with military and business ties to Israel.
Alumni published an open letter in January urging an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and calling for divestment from Israel, particularly in military investments. This letter was directed at the regents chair and UC president. Organisers of the pledge report that the number of signatures has quadrupled since 22 April, coinciding with the start of encampments at UC Berkeley.
On 26 April, the University of California announced it would not divest from Israel. The office of the president issued the following statement:
"The University of California has consistently opposed calls for boycott against and divestment from Israel. While the University affirms the right of our community members to express diverse viewpoints, a boycott of this sort impinges on the academic freedom of our students and faculty and the unfettered exchange of ideas on our campuses."
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For clarity and specificity: This is the University of California Riverside, which is part of the UC system. Well done to these students.
Thank you for the clarification ❤️🩹
Thank you, I was wondering which UC it was. What a great achievement ❤
Meaning, for it to be binding, the other UC branches would have to go along in unanimity, or a simple majority suffice, or will the UC chancellor/president/rector have the final word based upon the board of directors diktat?
It is just local to riverside. And it is only a transparency clause in order to see donations and investments of Riverside specifically. Los Angeles Berkeley and all of UC investments are under the authority of the regents of the university of California.
@@hectorhuerta3331 I think the more important thing to look at, and the bigger reason that this is a win is because it shows a precedent that there are some schools that are willing to do the right thing, thus alienating and pointing out the lack of care or compassion mixed with exposing the rampant geopolitical ignorance and delusion of the schools that don’t(a protest that ended with the result the pro Palestinian protesters intended while being orderly and having no “violence” or “riots” to be seen)
- 450 Palestinian villages were destroyed by the Colonialist Zio’nists to setup Isriael, 70 years ago.
- For last 70 years the criminal settlers kept pushing Palestinian people out till half of them left and the remaining half were pushed into congested areas like Gaza.
- Hundreds of civilians killed by Isriael every year.
- 30 children killed by Isriael in 2022.
- 200 civilians killed by Isriael in 2023, before the current conflict.
Why should Israel not be called as a mad colonialist occupier?
Down down occupied
@@user-wx8xy7vw9q Israel is a terrorist entity. Everyone knows this today.
@@user-wx8xy7vw9q Israel is a terrorist state. Everybody knows it today.
@@user-wx8xy7vw9q “Everyone knows today that Israel is a terrorist entity.” - Manu Pineda (European Parliamentarian) on 2024-02-01, during farmers protest.
Rubbish learn your history 😅
If UC Riverside could do it, other schools can. UCR shows the way! Bravo!
I'm not sure how much of relationship they have with apartheid state, but I definitely know how deep Harvard and especially MIT is invested in selling their technology including military contracts, and those in charge are not as humane and sympathetic as the gentleman in the video. It's just too much money that they'll not let go of it without a battle.
God save America!
Irish Universities have divested from Israel.
This action is one way that universitiesnbuild their reputations as assets to society.
@@engineeringforlife1367another ISLAMIST
It is time to liberate our universities from lobbyists and hedge fund managers who think that their donation is what keeps the campuses running. Bravo UC
Yes, they are all non profit!
It's big win thanks to students of California University for standing with justice standing with Palestine
fake news i believe so bcoz no other news channel has reported this
On their behalf (I went to University of California at Santa Barbara 25 years ago), they thank you, but they were doin it for Palestine.
Now that we've finished the courtesy, I would like to inform you that I think this news involves only UC Riverside, which has about 35,000 students, many of whom are from immigrant families or are the first in their family to attend college, because it is a less prestigious campus thanothers.
I don't think this affects the entire University of California system, which includes at least 14 cities with UC Campuses, such as the largest one, which is UCLA in Los Angeles, with about 60,000 students, and the oldest location, with 40,000 students, UC Berkley, which is also known as California University. So be careful to remember that UC is not the same as CU, which is not ussd because it would be confused with the 60 city CSU California State Universities system where most of the California students attend. The UC systems is reserved for the top 15% of high school graduates.
My son will go to this university one day, InshaAllah.
@@willkeyes8859 what will he study there, peace studies, womens right, gay rights, the basic tenets of democracy.
@@williammohan9784
Anti Genocide rights.
Keep it up young adults! The truth shall set us all free from Israeli Zionism and oppression.
👍
I watched "the Occupation of the American mind" on CZcams and the truth is horrific. Those zioNazi are just pure Evil
Another motivation that speaking out actually can have a positive effect!
Oppression comes from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Iran. They are the cause of all this suffering.
No
The title is misleading. The video difficult to hear at times, painfully loud at other times, there has to be a better recording somewhere. The entire University of California system has not agreed to divest. Only the University of California Riverside has agreed to disclose its investment and divest from companies involved in arms sales. It will also end its study abroad program with ISR. UCR is only 1 of 10 campuses in the UC system.
Way to try and minimize the success. I bet you’re the President of Party Poopers Club.
The Domino Effect is impending
@@aineahmed9963 Credit where credit is due. The title of the video gives the entire UC system credit for what only 1 out of 10 campuses did. Most of the administrators in the UC system, especially UCLA is going the opposite direction. UCB is famous for being one of the most liberal if not the most liberal college in the United States. The current administration of UCB however, is undeserving of that reputation.
Wow, no riot police, no drama, no Fox News coverage about violence? This is what should be happening all around the world. Honest, straightforward discussions about reality and being human.
and not kidnapping americans but hey?
Being human at the first mean not to take hostages, not to rape and not to kill. Let hostages go home and then pretend to be a human otherwise you are not.
@@alexeyakulovich4737What, you mean everything Israel has been doing to Palestinians for 75 years?
@@alexeyakulovich4737are you listening to yourself? Using your logic, stay off other people’s land so they don’t need to fight you. Every action has a reaction.
@@maria9704these people are so convoluted it’s crazy. They say all these things and go ahead and practice the opposite. They conveniently forget the occupation going on for over 7 decades.
This is justice being done. Now for Palestine's freedom
Inshaa Allah
Palestine has always been free... but they used their freedom to kill jews like chickens...
@AliAsif303 Hamas doesn’t believe in freedom for their own citizens 😉
no such thing as palestine
@@michaelfisher1537 and yet ancient Greek writers called the land "Philistia" 12th century BCE ! (According to Britannica)
Thank you standing with right side of history
Right up there with Germany and Nazism
This history?
The British Peel Commission recommended a partition of Palestine in 1937 based upon the population transfer of Arabs out of the Jewish State. The Jewish Agency, which was the de-facto Jewish government within the Mandate, rejected the principle.
The "International Post-War Settlement" document issued by the British Labour Party in 1944, stated that the party’s official position was: “…in Palestine surely is a case, on human grounds and to promote a stable settlement, for transfer of population. Let the Arabs be encouraged to move out as the Jews move in. Let them be compensated handsomely for their land and let their settlement elsewhere be carefully organised and generously financed.” The Jewish Agency rejected this idea as well.
The Jewish Agency accepted the terms of the November 1947 UN Partition Plan, which required both the Jewish and Arab States to grant the Arabs in the Jewish State and the Jews in the Arab State full democratic citizenship, as well as the option of remaining in their homes in one State while being citizens of the other. The Arabs rejected this principle. The Jews living in areas designated as part of the Arab State, as well as those in areas designated as part of the Jewish State, came under attack even before the end of 1947.
Shortly after the passage of UN resolution 181 the Arab League had recruited thousands of volunteer soldiers who came from as far away as Serbia, under the banner of the Arab Liberation Army, to infiltrate Palestine and resist the implementation of the UN resolution. In April 1948 the Jewish Agency and the Hagana, the precursor to the IDF, had a very clear mission. They had to ensure a secure and viable Jewish State, and to defend the lives of the Jews within Palestine, as the British forces withdrew. The mission of the ALA, together with the Holy War Army of the Arab Higher Committee, and to some degree the British led Jordanian Arab Legion, was to prevent that from happening. Battles ensued in most Arab villages and neighborhoods between the Hagana and local “defenders”.
The policy was clear. Arab villages and neighborhoods within the Jewish State that demonstrated the willingness to remain within the Jewish State were not to be disturbed. Arab villages and neighborhoods hostile to being included in the Jewish State, would not be included in the Jewish State, but would be escorted to the border of what was supposed to be the Arab State of Palestine. Thanks primarily to the meddling of the Arab League and their ALA, most Arab villages and neighborhoods fell in the latter category.
Israel did not expel the Arabs, it facilitated the voluntary transfer of the Arab population that clearly did not desire to reside within the Jewish State. The Arabs who remained are those who were resigned to the prospect of becoming citizens of the Jewish State. That option was not granted to Jews within the parts of Palestine that fell beyond the 1949 armistice demarcation lines. No Jews remained within the areas of Palestine occupied by Jordan or Egypt. In fact, within a few years of Israel’s creation, no Jews remained in the bulk of the Arab world. There has been a complete ethnic cleansing of Jews from the Arab world which the international community prefers to ignore, while having no problem whatsoever pointing an accusatory finger at Israel for not preventing the flight of the Arab population that rejected being included in the UN mandated Jewish State.
Now Israel needs to remove all interest in this place.
That's exactly what the protesters want 😂
No more money coming
That’s the whole point
@@thraciangrapesit’s Americas money
they will go broke by next year
Legends !!!!! 👏👏 University of good morals and honour. The people of the world respect you for this
What you are saying is simply a lie. People of the World mostly support Israel attacked by HAMAS terrorists which in turn supported by majority of Palestinians. Palestinians must return hostages on no condition and then ask for a pardon. Just look for comments under this pro-palestinian channel - it clearly shows that the most of supporters are from islamic countries. The World is much greater than that and it is not on your side. It would be nice to see if USA will deny entry for this students they should go home.
WELL DONE🎉.
Thank You.❤
I Salute Students, Faculty and Governing Body of Univ of California for their Honorable, Courageous and Just decision to dovest from Business interests that are supporting the Israeli Genocide and War atrocities against Palestinian Civilians in aGaxa, West Bank and other Palestinian Occupied Territories.
Truth and justice ❤well done well done 👍...we will all be one world as the mahdi is coming.yehhhhh😍
@@sachinifernando6081 good luck on that
UC schools have not divested from Israel, and have announced they do not plan on doing so. UC Riverside did reach an agreement to end the encampment and stop some study abroad programs, but did not divest. The only California public university that has divested so far is CSU Sacramento
Universities are there for the students, not vice versa.
Financially universities serve society not the students.
never stop until you see every document signed and implemented. its and old trick, thell used everything to cling on every revenue stream they get, even changing names and terms on the programs.
indeed,, parasites that feed off our labor
Correct! Text book tokenism
Universities run on money and these Arab kids are rich.
@@ChefbyMistake the rich arab kids would never go to ivy league uni, they'll stay in their country and enrolled in the international school/uni in their country and do nothing. the smart one might go to ivy legues or uk uni but not the regular/spoiled rich kid.
@@AbdulKarim-hz4pz Lets say these White Skin Arab kids left the west.
What will happen nothing. Western universities relies on intelligence we all know whatever is around us is built by Jewish people.
Arab inventions Dont exist
Wonder who is footing the bill for increased tuition fees for everyone then?
Right they are caving to this protest so that within a year they will have a bigger protest over everyone's tuition going up.
The title (not the preview) is misleading. University of California system is a collection of independent universities. Only UC Riverside has divested; others have not and still have encampments.
Bravo!
Thank you students and alum. This would not be possible without your.
This is not a win. The students will have to pay and some will not beable to attend because of the increase.
Funding can come from an entity that doesn't support Genocide and in America they can access free universities, scholarships, grants etc
Please don't believe that lie. It's hard trying to get support for higher education and tax payers are not going to have their taxes raised. After these demonstrations students will be back complaining about the cost.. Most of the people
demonstrating don't go to the university. Will you help them?
There are no free universities etc. Nothing is free someone has to pay. What world you
living in?
@@ernestinescott3553 yes there are many scholarships. educate yourself.
Scholarships are not free they are donated. Someone is paying for you to receive them. Also you have to qualify to receive a scholarship. There can be a limited amount given out.
Well done to the students and the faculty for standing up for what's right!
Congratulations bravo bless you University!
May Allah protect and free Palestine ameen
Ameen
Ameen
Allah is the Arabic word for God. You are using it in an English sentence as if it's a proper noun. This helps spread the misinformation that "Allah" is a novel entity brought forth by Muslims, when in reality, it's a word that has been used by Arab Jews and Christians to refer to the one God even before Islam came along and is still used by them today.
Who?
@@meyer7262 Islam explicitly says that It's the same God that Moses and Jesus preached. Where it differs from Christianity is that it considers Jesus as a man whom God inspired to spread his message, and not the son of God, because God is not a human that has offspring.
Please fix your captioning!The University of California has many campuses… You need to specify which campus this is or if it applies to all University of California campuses, (which unfortunately I think it does not).
Who is divesting? Looks like it's only the UC alumni and students making the announcement, but not the UC system and admin.
Thank you UC for the wise decision to Divest, I applaud You in the adminstration and I honor you and applaud you and the Students who continued to negotiate to this positive clisure agreement.
UC herewith has become a front runner of US universities, giving a humanitarian signal to all, other universities, politicians, companies in the US to interogate and re-evaluate their business practises to also stand WITH HUMANITY and save a people under oppression and under siege of famine and brutality of the ISr@el Gov.
Great kind words 👏🏼
How refreshing!
This is amazing! ❤
Give me some joy to see the expression of humanity and people coming together to be on the right side of history. What these students and some of the staff of these universities are achieving is quite remarkable
WELL DONE! WELL DONE!! WELL DONE!!!
I don't understand. The headline says UC is divesting, but the notes under the video say that UC is not divesting. Which is it?
I just commented the same. What's going on here?
I am confused as well. Immediately I came to the comments to see why there is two different statements that do not align with one another.
UC Riverside has pledged to divest from companies that are linked to Israel, but the UC system of schools has not. I believe UC San Diego may have also reached some sort of agreement. The UCR business school has cancelled its study abroad in Israel program.
@@jlacko Thank you. That explains a lot. I hope they all agree on doing their part to stop this genocide from happening. 😭🙏🇵🇸
What about the genocide in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslims, what about the war in Syria, what about the Ukraine and Russian War, or the threat of genocide against non-arab tribe in Sudan?
Or do we now pick a particular war, do we chose who deserves to be heard?
Wow, this is awesome. I hope this is a trend that will continue to gain steam.
I don't understand. Is it the University divesting, the actual University itself, or just the students of the University?
Long overdue. APARTHEID should never be supported nor should genocide. Despot Netanyahu must be held accountable for his war crimes.
Brandon too!
He's peeing in his pants now
@@samayo9746 No he's not.
@@mattweisbart4061 the man came out panicking when he learnt that the ICC were on his case. He launched a misinformation tirade in English meant for his American audience to save him. Now Republicans say they will storm the ICC, just like they stormed campuses to deal with peacefully protesting students. Nazism in full flow
Apartheid? In Israel there are Jews, Christians, and Muslims co-existing in harmony. Tell me where Christians and Jews are welcomed in the Muslim Arab world? Why don't you protest the genocide of Shia Muslims by Sunni Muslims? Maybe because you are all Sunni and you believe that anyone with a religion or beliefs are are different from yours deserve to die?
Im honestly impressed. The divestment part is one thing but to also cancel the exchange is next level
Yay California! Some good news from my home state amongst all the slander, id be surprised if my local news even reported this at all
Well done, bravo vous etes un exemple a suivre mister!
Thank you...thank you for doing the right thing.
A step in the right direction. Let us see if and how the spin off will translate further.
@Middle East Eye: Few of us here are rather confused - and I repeat the message from one of us: "The description of the video says on April 26, the university said it will not divest. Can you clarify?"
More power to these young students who have put their studies and careers on the line to stand with oppressed people of Palestine, a just and noble cause to support them with all the means they can. Many congratulations and hope and pray more universities will follow UCR. Respect and prayers from Pakistan 🇵🇰
BRAVO 🎉..well done everyone, we couldn't be prouder or more supportive ..call: FREE, FREE PALESTINE .. response: FREE, FREE PALESTINE ❤🍉❤🍉 🙏🏽 🕊 ✌🏽
Free Free Palestine 🇵🇸 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
Palestine was free--HAMAS started a WAR.
Amazing what negotiation and compromise can achieve.Shame others in a position of leadership don't take note.We could live in a peaceful and harmonious world if thet did.
Thank you to all who bring peace to the world.
So Proud of these precious Humans !!!
Well done UC 🥳🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
How do we know he isn’t just saying that so that they’ll stop protesting?
The screaming from the video recorder is actually crazy 🤣🤣😂
What happened to we don't negotiate with terrorists.....this is a gift that keeps on giving...
Well, if you have a Jew in the picture then negotiate with the terrorist and label the Jew as the terrorist.
Thank you, University of California, Riverside.
Let’s see how long this cesspool of an institution lasts
Thank you students!
On 26 April, the University of California announced it would not divest from Israel. So what is what?
cowards
its okay zionists buy their shares
It is telling that Zahir Muhse’in, member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee, said the following in a 1977 interview with the Amsterdam-based newspaper Trouw. “The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians, and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct ‘Palestinian people’ to oppose Zionism.”
The religion of Peace.
The out of state acceptance rate at UC Riverside is almost 90%. Which basically says, just give us the money…. A community college is a better investment in education than these kids are getting.
There are still University of California schools which has not divested. This is UC Riverside, which is a large one out of 9 UC school. The rest need to be pressured as well.
BRAVE STUDENTS GOT THE REWARD!!!
I'm confused. In your description it states that on April 26, UC said it would "NOT divest".
Thank you for this comment - it seems that they've agreed to be transparent, but I'm not finding anything explicit.
He didn’t actually say the univ is divesting from anything.
This is so moving😢😢😢😢
Domino effect coming
We can but hope.
This is a win for all of us who still believe in justice, human decency it is the beat of the Heart and soul of the demonstrators, marches and student protesters that won’t give up. Free Palestine stop the Genocide now.
@@MC-mv2wr NOW will take a miracle but I thank you for the enthusiasm; the Al Jazeera ban got me down for a while: won't give up. Thanks
may Allah ﷻ bless and protect our two sisters for being good Muslims and trying to help the Palestinians 🤲🏻 ameen.
Ameen
Did they remember to ask for the release of the hostages as well?
Let the victories roll for the ones with a humane heart.
History in the making! Thank you for your protest
We have to be careful here. Only Evergreen State in Olympia, WA has agreed to immediately divest. UC Riverside and Brown University are kicking the can down the road into the fall semester. This could easily co-opt the movement. Stay vigilant and hold these universities to account when their task forces decide to maintain the status quo this fall.
Video description says that UC announced that it would divest and further down in the same description it says that it wouldnt divest. So which one is it?
Thanks uNI OF CALIFORNIA
Hell yeah!
** This is NOT all nine UC (University of California) campuses. This is just one of them: UC Riverside. **
That being said this is good news but the one that will make big news will be when/if UCLA or UC Berkeley divest.
I'm a little confused, is it all or the UCs that are divesting or is it just UC Riverside? This report isn't really clear. The university of California is mulltiple universities. Can you please advise?
This is the true humanity by current global standards
Mabrook 🎉🎉 You go Gen Z!! And thank you @UCR for the support and trust you've shown to the students ❤
This video didn't show or say anything about divesting or ending study abroad with Israel!!!
Let’s see this through so that these are not simply empty words
Congratulations! 👏👏👏👏👏You are making changes! Keep up the great work! In solidarity!✊
Thank you
Uc in riverdale is from a long time a college without credibility in a shit hole . Too much wokeness and weirdness
I'm confused: the title says UC has broken up with Israel, but the description says it hasn't? So, which is it??
THANK YOU
When will UCR divest from other Middle Eastern countries with human rights violations? Turkey? Iran? Azerbaijan? UAE? Saudi? Qatar? Egypt?
Or is this just a case of targeting only the Jewish state?
Go ahead ignore the war in Yemen. And the one in Sudan. And the one in Armenia. Go ahead and ignore the young women raped and murdered by the Iranian security forces.
Hypocrites.
Lol
@@johnlove2954 I mean I agree that this is cherrypicking, but there is a fair point in highlighting that many of the gulf states are modern slave societies.
Yeah you right,peace brother.
FTJz
It was never about "Palestine" it was always about the Jews. Shame.
Great news !!
Go UC RIVERSIDE!!! Inspirational, hopeful, powerful. I’m not sure who the man speaking is, but if he’s the president-then therein lies the difference. He seems to have compassion for his students and their wellbeing-and unlike many institutions, holds that above keeping specific financial/political ties with _whoever_ , for _whatever_ reason! This is really freakin great to see.
The headline shows both the Pros & Cons in this action.
Now I know where NOT to send my kids…...
Beautiful, University of California is truly for free speech and justice. It listened and it understood like a free constitution should, it is not afraid of wealthy billionaires not donating, it is not for greed but for justice. Everyone give Uni of California an applause!
There is not such thing as “ University of California”. This is one of ten schools in the system. This was UC Riverside.
One big step in the right direction, keep the pressure future leaders.
I am confused. The description of the video says on April 26, the university said it will not divest. Can you clarify?
I am equally confused.
The way I understand it is it the bigger UC group of universities is not divesting, unfortunately. And the UC at Riverside is the one who is divesting. I wish all of UC branches will follow suite and divest.
The actual agreement is rather teethless: documents.ucr.edu/chancellor/May_3_ammended-agreement.pdf
MashaAllah well done♡
Congratulations and thank you
Is this video cut off? Mis-titled? I can't seem to see any content in the video that matches the title. Is there a second part?
Bravo to the students n the Uni admin❤❤❤
University of California Riverside, thank you students and thank you everyone who helped! Love to us all!
Good news everyone
UC Berkeley has not divested and refuses to divest
Conflicting messaging in the description for this video….
Shout out to Brown and UC, I would happily send my kids to these 2 schools. I was waiting and watching to see who would pass the genocide support test and I think a lot of Universities like UCLA is going to have a harsh reality check when kids no longer go there and run to places like brown and UC now because they had morals and were upstanding.
As a businessman, I would not hire a graduate of this University.