Many argued this was beneficial
for the safety of pro-Palestinian
students
from
damaging
blacklists.
Another was the outpouring
of support: CSG Vice President
Nadine Jawad, a Public Policy
senior, took the floor to describe
her own experiences as an
Arab
and
Muslim
student.
She stated her support of the
resolution, empathizing with the
feelings Jewish students have
experienced because she has
faced marginalization herself.
She urged CSG members to
support divestment, standing in
front of the assembly despite the
possibility of personal backlash.
“We have to continue talking
about this but we also have to
recognize if we want equitable
footing on this, we need to give
all people an opportunity and a
voice,” Jawad said.
Public Health graduate student
Dana Greene Jr., who knelt on
the Diag for 21 hours to protest
racism, also showed his support
for divestment. While he clarified
he did not see the resolution as
anti-Israel, he also said he could
not ignore his moral values.
“I do not ask you to pass this
resolution as a sentiment against
Israel … all that I ask is that you
support all people, including
Palestinians,” he said. “If one of
us suffers all of us suffer. … When
I kneeled on that Diag in pain, I
watched thousands of students
walk past me. I ask you today to
not be one of those people that
walked past.”
Tuesday morning, the Black
Student Union tweeted their
endorsement
of
divestment.
Members of the BSU executive
board attended the meeting,
following many other social-
justice oriented organizations in
supporting Students Allied for
Freedom and Equality, the group
that first brought the resolution to
CSG.
This year, History professor
Victor
Lieberman
was
not
approved to join the list of
speakers, prompting cheers from
pro-divest students. Lieberman
teaches
on
the
Arab-Israeli
conflict, and spoke last year
heavily
against
divestment.
Then-LSA senior Devin Jones
criticized
Lieberman,
stating
Lieberman’s
rhetoric
victim-
blamed Palestinians.
Public Policy junior Samuel
Lawrence spoke on Lieberman’s
behalf Tuesday night, reading
from his notes on how BDS aims
to bring Israel down. Former
CSG Rep. Gaby Roth, an LSA
senior, followed, urging current
CSG members to vote against
divestment as she did last year as
she believes the movement is anti-
Semitic and aims to wipe out the
Jewish population.
Former
CSG
Rep.
Farah
Erzouki, a University alum, spoke
in favor of divestment, addressing
CSG directly and highlighting that
the vote isn’t to sanction a country,
but rather specific companies that
are tied to allegations of human
rights violations. Erzouki also
emphasized the weeks divestment
is discussed are consistently very
well-attended by students, as they
use the meetings as a platform to
express their views.
“I’ve
seen
at
this
point
thousands of students rally
over leaders in support
of divestment this issue
and this request does not
exist in a vacuum. There is
long standing and diverse
support on this issue as you
have seen.”
She went on to list
several institutions whose
student governing bodies
pass
similar
divestment
issues.
“As a former member of
student government and
as someone who has been
on our campus community
since 2010, this is by far
the concern that brings
the
highest
number
of
students attending these
meetings time and time
again and every single
year. It’s important for
representatives to really
grasp what they’re deciding
— whether they’re deciding
to amplify the voices of the
students coming back time
and time again.”
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