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Resolution: Supporting Divestment for Peace with Justice
We, the undersigned, are appalled by the human rights abuses against Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli government, the continual military occupation and colonization of Palestinian territory by Israeli armed forces and settlers, the forcible eviction of Palestinians from their homes, and the demolition of Palestinian dwellings, neighborhoods and towns.
We categorically condemn the loss of any innocent life, Israeli or Palestinian. We therefore call on the University of North Carolina and its endowment, the UNC-CH Investment Fund, to act consistently with the Mission of the University and (1) to use its influence–political and financial–to encourage the United States government to suspend its military aid and arms sales to Israel, (2) to use its influence to encourage the State of North Carolina to eliminate all financial support for and subsidies provided to companies that manufacture arms and other military hardware sold to Israel, and (3) to divest from all endowment holdings and other investments both in U.S. corporations that sell weapons and military technology and from corporations that profit from the Israeli occupation until Israel complies with all the relevant UN resolutions and Geneva conventions, and ends its military occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip seized since 1967.