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February 26 • 2009
Hampshire College students were among the protesters at an anti-Israel
rally featuring students from several campuses on Jan. 10 in Amherst, Mass.
Ben Harris
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
New York
H
ampshire College insists
it has not divested from
Israel, but try telling that to
pro-Palestinian students at the liberal
arts school in Massachusetts or Israel
defender Alan Dershowitz.
Students for Justice in Palestine, a
student group at Hampshire, issued
a statement earlier this month claim-
ing victory in its campaign to con-
vince the school to become the first
U.S. institution of higher learning to
divest from Israel over its treatment
of the Palestinians. The group also
distributed an online press kit with
endorsements from several prominent
Israel critics, several of which mention
the group's successful campaign for
"divestment from financial ties with
Israel."
Dershowitz, who has played a lead
role in defending Israel in a series of
campus battles across the country, has
responded with calls for divestment
from Hampshire College.
School officials, meanwhile, are
scrambling to put out the word that
both sides have it wrong. They say the
Feb. 7 decision by the board of trust-
ees to divest from a market index fund
was prompted by concerns raised by
the pro-Palestinian student group, but
the move ultimately had nothing to do
with Israel.
At issue is whether pro-Palestinian
activists have crossed a significant
threshold in their years-long, and so
far failed, campaign to convince U.S.
universities to divest from Israel. The
campaign has generated some head-
lines but produced no major victories.
At Issue
In an interview Feb. 17, Hampshire's
president, Ralph Hexter, said the final
decision to divest from certain com-
panies was not aimed at Israel and
criticized the pro-Palestinian students
for suggesting otherwise.
"I think they crossed the line of
appropriate behavior," Hexter said. "I
think they were attempting to speak
for the college
What's not in dispute is that the
decision followed a lengthy campaign
by the pro-Palestinian students that
focused on six companies deemed
to be supporting or profiting from
Israel's occupation of the Palestinian
territories. The student group tar-
geted United Technologies, Caterpillar,