NOTE: Did you watch the live stream? I did. The calm and well thought out 3 min speeches by those opposed were a joy to watch. The pro speakers, mostly Arab students, were strident, high pitched and filled with very old, stale talking points. I'm probably not fully objective but I know what I saw and heard. As always it was very hard to listen to the Jewish Student reading a letter signed by multiple Jewish students and professors in favor of the resolution. This on the heels of the Jewish Voice for Peace letter. Again: what is wrong with these people? Finally, most of the students talking against the resolution spoke from the heart about PEACE, COOPERATION, TWO STATE SOLUTIONS. We heard NONE of that from the other side...
A resolution to begin a process to divest from companies that invest or operate in Israel was defeated by the University of Michigan student government in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The proceedings were broadcast via the internet, with more than 2,000 watching, in addition to the 350 students sitting in the capacity auditorium. After a six-hour session, which included speeches by dozens of students, for and against, two Jewish professors and the anti-Israel journalist and author Max Blumenthal, who used the forum to repeatedly pitch his new book, the Central Student Government voted down the resolution, 25 to nine, with five abstentions.
The vote was taken by secret ballot, as some members of the CSG had said they were intimidated by proponents of the resolution at its previous meeting, where a unanimous decision was taken to table a vote “indefinitely.”
The Washington Free Beacon reported on Monday that at least one pro-Israel student “received death threats and that others have allegedly been called ‘kikes’ and ‘dirty Jews’” by proponents of the resolution who called for a “sit-in” of the CSG’s offices until the resolution was put back on the agenda for Tuesday night. PLEASE read the rest of this article by clicking this
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