Cornell Graduate Students United says it will support members who refuse funding tied to Israel
Members of a graduate student union at Cornell University voted overwhelmingly to pass a referendum in support of "the Palestinian liberation struggle”.
Results were announced on Wednesday following a three-day voting period for members of the Cornell Graduate Students United (CGSU-UE Local 300). The voting period ended on Tuesday.
The union said Cornell University supported human rights abuses against Palestinians through research and ties to the weapons industry, and the decision allows it to "join a larger movement to end the genocide in Palestine".
“Cornell is implicated in the Israeli genocide of Palestinians through research, recruitment, and financial ties with the weapons industry, and endowment investments,” a statement from the union reads.
The union stated that the interests of working-class people are linked to speaking out about “the genocide of Palestinians” in order to defeat “the ruling class” that also erodes their rights.
The CGSU-UE Local 300 will now commit to joining the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which aims to hold Israel accountable for human rights abuses against Palestinians.
The official BDS movement was launched 20 years ago as a means of non-violent action in the face of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and is modelled on the approach that ended apartheid in South Africa.
The movement calls for companies and individuals to stop doing business with Israel, or at the very least, Israeli firms supporting or perpetuating the occupation of the West Bank and the genocide in Gaza. (more...)
Cornell student union pledges solidarity with Palestine and commits to BDS movement
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