President cites his “long-standing place” against intellectual boycotts.
This year, Georgetown University’s student body voted to withdraw from Israeli-linked businesses, but the university refused to do so.
The Georgetown University Student Association vote commission announced in a blog on X Tuesday that almost 30 % of voters voted in favor of the vote, while 32 percent voted against it.
Interim President Robert Groves announced the school do not agree with the needs of the request less than an hour after the effects were made public, according to The Georgetown Voice.
According to our administrative values, history, and current school resources and procedures that address our investments,” Georgetown does not employ this referendum,” Groves wrote in an internet to the student body.
According to Groves, Georgetown has a “longstanding place” opposed to educational boycotts.
He made reference to former president John DeGioia’s statement, which read,” A boycott of Israeli universities undermines the academic freedom that is essential to the Academy’s mission.”
Groves also cited the university’s socially responsible investment scheme, which affirms Georgetown’s devotion to morally managing its investment while pursuing “intergenerational capital” as a top priority.
Nevertheless, a Muslim-related advocacy group called the Council on American-Islamic Relations praised Georgetown students for passing the resolution in a statement on Wednesday.
Students at Georgetown and other students in America are showing that those efforts have failed, according to the group, “despite extreme efforts to smear and silence college students who are critical of the Israeli government’s war crimes.”
The Israeli government and its supporters have lost the younger generation, who has witnessed both the unwarranted attempts to suppress college students and the crimes committed against Palestinians with American taxpayer dollars, according to CAIR.
In the end, the group demanded that the university “take their call for divestment from any businesses connected to the Israeli military’s war criminals.”
The College Fix previously reported that the resolution asked voters to” support Georgetown University… upholding its Socially Responsible Investment Policy, by divesting from companies arming Israel and ending university partnerships with Israeli institutions.”
A simple majority of those voting needed to support the proposal in order for it to pass, and at least 25 % of the student body had to take part in the vote.
Some GUSA members criticized the referendum because it was rejected by the student government.
The GUSA also faced criticism when Passover week’s initial election was scheduled for April 14 and 16. The vote was moved to April 26-28, though.
MORE: Harvard rejects student demands for an Israeli-Israeli divestment.
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