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Historic UC Irvine divestment vote deals stinging defeat to Zionist bullying on campus | The Electronic Intifada

Historic UC Irvine divestment vote deals stinging defeat to Zionist bullying on campus | The Electronic Intifada
Just over a year since an Orange County jury, in a politically-motivated prosecution, convicted the “Irvine 11” students for disrupting a lecture by Israeli Ambassdor Michael Oren, the Associated Students of UC Irvine voted unanimously tonight to call for divestment from companies that profit from Israeli occupation.

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