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Letter of support drafted by faculty of UC Riverside and signed by professors across the country.
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Department of English 1202 HMNSS -040
College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Riverside, CA 92521
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April 14, 2014
To whom it may concern:
We, the undersigned faculty from universities around the country, salute and commend the efforts of Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights at the University of Washington, Seattle, to get the UW Student Senate to pass a measured and thoughtful motion to divest from corporations that profit from the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
We agree with the motion in its recognition that the Israeli occupation is both illegal under international law and involves extensive and ongoing violations of human rights and international law that are systemic in nature and thoroughly documented by a range of internationally respected organizations. Corporations that collaborate with and profit from the occupation are themselves therefore complicit in the perpetration of human rights violations. Furthermore, we endorse the statement that a decision to divest from corporations that profit from these fundamental violations is and should be in keeping with the commitment to respect for human rights, non-discrimination and ethical values that is a cornerstone of any university’s moral and intellectual mission. It is clearly in keeping with the University of Washington’s own stated commitment to “the active pursuit of global engagement and connectedness” and to fostering “engaged and responsible citizenship”.
We therefore urge the Student Senate at the University of Washington, Seattle, to live up to these ethical principles and to pass the divestment resolution.
Sincerely,
Joel Beinin, Stanford University
Eduardo Cadava, Princeton University
Mary Yu Danico, California State University, Pomona
Colin Dayan, Vanderbilt University
Erica Edwards, University of California Riverside
Alessandro Fornazzari, University of California, Riverside
Cynthia Franklin, University of Hawai’i
Jess Ghannam, University of California, San Francisco
Terri Ginsberg, International Council for Middle East Studies
Macarena Gomez-Barrís, University of Southern California
Barbara Harlow, University of Texas, Austin
Linda Hess, Stanford University
Department of English 1202 HMNSS -040
College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Riverside, CA 92521
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Cheryl Higashida , University of Colorado, Boulder
Nasser Hussain, Amherst College
Robin D. Kelley, University of California Los Angeles
J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Wesleyan University
Jodi Kim, University of California Riverside
David Klein, California State University, Northridge
Dennis Kortheuer, California State University, Long Beach
Mariam Lam, University of California Riverside
David Lloyd, University of California Riverside
Alex Lubin, University of New Mexico
Sunanina Maira, University of California, Davis
Frederick C. Moten, University of California, Riverside
Bill Mullen, Purdue University
Nadine Suleiman Naber, University of Illinois, Chicago
David Palumbo-Liu, Stanford University
Laura Pulido, University of Southern California
Dylan Rodriguez, University of California Riverside
Jeff Sacks, University of California Riverside
Steven Salaita, Virginia Tech
Sarita See, University of California Riverside
Freya Schiwy, University of California, Riverside
Malini Johar Schueller, University of Florida, Gainesville
Snehal Shingavi, University of Texas, Austin
Rajini Srikanth, University of Massachusetts Boston
Neferti Tadiar, Barnard College