Opinion | Campus Protesters Are Demanding Colleges Divest From Israel. That Is Intellec... - 0 views
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Based on the size of G.D.P., not investing is Israel directly would be like not investing in Colorado. And despite the chants that charge otherwise, many endowments appear to have little to no direct exposure to Israel or to many of the American companies protesters want to blacklist.
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But there’s a key difference between avoiding fossil fuels and shunning Israel. The institutions that divested from oil and gas made sure to describe it as financially prudent, albeit sometimes with shallow investment logic.
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This time, Israel’s social license is the only thing that is on the table. And if Israel is on the table, what other countries should lose their social license?
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