The University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) has voted in favour of a motion urging the divestment of its pension fund from investments connected to Israel, The New Arab reported on May 14th.
The motion secured support of 52% and was formally submitted to the leadership of the Ontario University Pension Plan. It calls for withdrawing investments from entities “that manufacture or distribute arms, ammunition, implements or munitions of war, where there are reasonable grounds to believe they may be used by Israeli forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East commended the vote as a “historic divestment motion.”
The New Arab
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