Student Urges Stanford Divestment From Israel ; Likens Abuses of Palestinians' Rights to S. African Apartheid
The Washington Times › March 28, 2007
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Student Omar Shakir wants Stanford University to divest from a country that he says engages in an apartheid-style system of oppression and human rights abuses against a beleaguered minority.
Bosnia? Sudan? Not quite. Mr. Shakir is referring to Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians, and his campaign has become this year's hot political topic on the Stanford campus.See the full content of this document
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Student Urges Stanford Divestment From Israel ; Likens Abuses of Palestinians' Rights to S. African Apartheid
"We don't want our university to profit from abuses of human rights and violations of international law," said Mr. Shakir, a senior international-re...
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