Support for divestment continues to grow. Here is the latest
amazing statement urging the University of California to divest:

To the ASUC Senate,

We the undersigned Nobel Women Peace Laureates support your courage
and call on you to reaffirm the ASUC Bill in Support of UC Divestment
from War Crimes. We stand united in our belief that divesting from
companies that provide significant support for the Israeli military
provides moral and strategic stewardship of tuition and taxpayer-funded
public education money. We are all peace makers, and we believe that no
amount of dialogue without economic pressure can motivate Israel to
change its policy of using overwhelming force against Palestinian
civilians. Last year’s nearly 400 women and children casualties in Gaza,
and thousands more injured and killed, were all victims of a well armed
military machine allowed to operate unchecked. A delegation of us went
to Gaza and saw firsthand the evidence of wholesale killing and
destruction. Our hearts grieve for Gaza and we demand that there be no
more Gazas. We urge the UC system to take the lead in this direction as
has been its tradition, and commend the students who are working to
achieve this goal. We reject the portrayals of this action as
anti-Semitic, and maintain that it does not make a choice between
Palestinians and Israelis, but between universal freedom and oppression.

Signed,

Shirin Ebadi, Iran, 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate
Mairead Maguire (Corrigan), Ireland, 1976 Nobel Peace Laureate
Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Guatemala, 1992 Nobel Peace Laureate
Jody Williams, USA, 1997 Nobel Peace Laureate