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Denmark university to halt investment in companies operating in Israeli settlements
The University of Copenhagen has said it would divest of companies that do business in the occupied West Bank amid student protests pressuring the campus to cut financial and institutional ties with Israel.
Hundreds of students began campus protests in early May to express their opposition to Israel’s war on Gaza. The students have demanded that the university cut academic ties with Israel and divest from companies operating in occupied Palestinian territory.
The university will, as of May 29, divest its holdings worth a total of about $145,810 in Airbnb, Booking.com and eDreams, it said in a post on X.
The university said it would work with fund managers to manage its investments and ensure they comply with a United Nations list of companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says 46 people are killed and 110 injured across Gaza in the latest 24-hour reporting period.
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