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Israel advocates, opponents celebrate Chicago school divestment bill

Israel advocates, opponents celebrate Chicago school divestment bill

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Both the pro-Israel and anti-Israel camps are celebrating the passage of a college campus divestment measure. That doesn't happen too often, if ever. But for the pro-Israel side in this Chicago episode, the hope is that the student government legislation marks the start of a reframing of the debate on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. On Feb. 15, the Undergraduate Student Government Association at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) unanimously passed a pro-BDS measu

Both the pro-Israel and anti-Israel camps are celebrating the passage of a college campus divestment measure. That doesn't happen too often, if ever. But for the pro-Israel side in this Chicago episode, the hope is that the student government legislation marks the start of a reframing of the debate on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. On Feb. 15, the Undergraduate Student Government Association at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) unanimously passed a pro-BDS measu…