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Hampshire Divests from Israel, So Contributors Should Divest from Hampshire
[Hudson Institute-New York] Alan M. Dershowitz - Hampshire College has become the first college in the U.S. to divest from Israel. This divestment campaign has absolutely nothing to do with human rights. It is motivated purely by hatred for the Jewish state. Hampshire President Hexter acknowledged that "it was the good work of SJP" - the virulently anti-Israel group called Students for Justice in Palestine - "that brought this issue to the attention of the committee." It may well be that the anti-Israel student group has hijacked the voice of the college, but if so, the hijacking has not been strongly resisted. Until and unless the Hampshire administration makes it unequivocally clear that it rejects any and all efforts to single out Israel for divestment, contributions to that otherwise fine school should be placed on hold.