Chicago students turn tables on BDS with new tactic -- The Jerusalem Post
The tactic was an innovative strategy to try to redirect and water down BDS resolutions instead of fighting against them in universities where anti-Israel elements outnumber pro-Israel element.
Students at the University of Illinois at Chicago have reframed the anti-Israel divestment debate so that a resolution passed by the student government no longer singles out Israel for criticism.
Rather, it calls on UIC to divest from companies contributing to alleged human rights abuses in a wide spectrum of countries.
The modified resolution, passed by the student government on Monday evening, which mentions the US, China, Syria, Brazil, India, the United Kingdom and others, still includes Israel, but only on a list with many other countries – successfully watering down the impact.
The tactic was an innovative strategy to try to redirect and water down BDS resolutions instead of fighting all-out against them in universities where anti-Israel elements outnumber pro-Israel elements (at UIC the Muslim population is estimated at 15 percent – 4,500 students – and the Jewish population at 3 percent, fewer than 1,000 students).
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