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THE University of Manchester has withdrawn £2 million of investments in companies involved in Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian land.
The decision follows a determined campaign by students and Palestine Solidarity Campaign activists (PSC), though the university has denied that it was influenced by their actions.
The university’s divestment of shares includes those it held in Caterpillar, which supplies Israel with bulldozers and other heavy machinery used to demolish Palestinian homes and communities.
The electoral cost of Labour’s stance on Gaza is impossible to ignore – the new leadership must take heed, argues PETER LEARY
The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
On International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, HUGH LANNING warns that the US-led “Comprehensive Plan” entrenches decades of Western complicity in Israel’s domination and denial of Palestinian land and rights