Harvard, Columbia, Yale and other students want the school to divest from companies doing business w

(New York Comprehensive News) The pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel wave on American university campuses continues to expand. Students from many well-known universities such as Harvard, Columbia and Yale are now demanding that the school withdraw funds from arms dealers or companies that do business with Israel, otherwise they will fight  in the end.

 Afane, one of the organizers of the protest at the University of California and a law student at the University of California, Berkeley, said on Friday (April 26): “We are willing to take the risk of being suspended, expelled or arrested because this can (give the school)  put pressure on."

 The student demonstrators stated that they will not stop protesting against Israel until the school meets their demands.  However, many colleges and universities have stated that they resolutely reject students' demands because this will affect the school's financial status and increase investment risks.  This indicates that this wave of student unrest will be difficult to subside quickly.

The protesters' divestment demands vary from school to school and are broad in scope, but they target profitable investments in the diversified portfolios of university endowments.  For example, an anti-Israel divestment movement coalition at Columbia University has compiled a list of companies that the school should divest from, including Google parent company Alphabet, Amazon.com, and Microsoft.  The alliance said the companies provide cloud services to the Israeli government and military.

 Analysts believe that the divestment demands put forward by the protesting students this time are unrealistic, and the financial investment transparency they demand from the school is unlikely to be achieved.