Harvard University student activists who are anti-Israel have launched a referendum asking if the school should divest itself from Israel. The move may be in violation of the rules prohibiting the undergraduate student council from taking a stance on global issues.
According to reports, a petition that was launched on Tuesday collected the 195 signatures required to trigger a college wide referendum in only three hours. Harvard Crimson. The push for undergraduates follows Harvard Law School and Harvard Divinity School’s student governments voting to divest from the Jewish State in recent weeks.
If referendum bylaws are followed and signatures are verified, the vote will be held within three weeks and include the proposed question: “Should Harvard divest from institutions that profit from and/or aid Israel’s war on Gaza and the ongoing illegal occupation of Palestine?”
The Daily Wire reported that two Harvard students said the petition violates the student government bylaws, which state the Harvard Undergraduate Association can “not publish statements on world or campus issues/events.”
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