U of Utah Partners With Institution in Occupied West Bank

U of Utah Partners With Institution in Occupied West Bank

Faculty have criticized the agreement with Ariel University, located in a settlement on Palestinian territory. An Israeli consul general called it “a new chapter in academic cooperation between Israel and the United States.” Last month the University of Utah signed a one-page memorandum of understanding with Ariel University, listing its new partner as located in Ariel, Israel. It’s a broad, nonspecific agreement: The institutions say they’ll ex…

How Israeli and International Businesses and Financial Institutions Sustain Illegal Occupation

As the West Bank is being annexed to Israel through blood and violence, many Israeli and international businesses and financials are tacitly supporting the ethnic cleansing with their business operations in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. Recently, the Norwegian parliament rejected efforts to tighten rules on its huge sovereign wealth fund investing in companies operating in the West Bank. Despite Norway’s central role in the initi…