Columbia Has Divested Before: Here's What Happened | WSJ

Many pro-Palestinian student protesters are demanding schools drop Israel investments. The demands vary from school to school.

At Columbia University, protesters are pressing for the sale of holdings tied to companies allegedly profiting from Israel’s actions like Google, Amazon and Airbnb. At Yale and Cornell, students have called for their schools to divest themselves of weapons manufacturers involved in Israel’s campaign. But how does divestment work at universities?

WSJ explores the history of divestment movements at schools and the challenges involved in modern divestment initiatives.

Chapters:
0:00 Protesters calling for divestment
0:35 Divestment, explained
2:22 Past divestment initiatives
4:04 How endowments work

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