UC Berkeley Student Senate passes divestment measure, but pro-Israel opponents pushing hard for veto
Cal student President Connor Landgraf, shown here on a free trip to Israel last year, will decide the bill's fate.
The UC Berkeley Student Senate has passed a bill that calls upon the university to withdraw nearly $12 million in investments from corporations that do business in the Palestinian West Bank, including Caterpillar, Cement Roadstone Holdings, and Hewlett Packard Company. The bill, SB 160, passed at 5am April 18 by a slim 11-9 margin after 10 hours of emotional debate.Read more »
