University of Ottawa Palestine Encampment Demands Divestment from Military Monopolies
Students at University of Ottawa are organizing to support Palestine and secure divestment by the university from military monopolies serving the genocide in Gaza. Students explain that the university is actively enabling and funding the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the continued occupation of Palestine through their investments in various corporations. These include Scotia Bank, the largest shareholder in Elbit systems, the infamous Israeli weapons company that advertises their weapons as field tested on Palestinians in Gaza. The bank also invests in Axon Enterprise, a company involved in the illegal surveillance of Palestinians.
The
University of Ottawa also invests in a company that has a $100
million
contract with Elbit systems to provide military jet training
devices to
the Israeli Air Force. Airbus, another corporation that the
university
invests in, has extensive ties with Israel and Israeli aerospace
industries, notorious for conducting mass bombing campaigns
against
Palestine.
The university also invests in various companies operating on illegal settlements in the West Bank. Atlas Copco Bookings Holdings, Solar Edge Technology, WP Global and Cisco Systems are a few of them.
Students condemned the brutal Israeli assault on Palestine, the displacement, wounding and killing of thousands, destruction of hospitals and targeting of medical staff. They reject the silence of the University and the Canadian government in the face of these crimes.
The students continue to stand up for Palestine and are demanding full disclosure of direct and indirect investments and divestment from any corporation involved in genocide and illegal occupation of Palestinian land.
This article was published in
Volume 54
Number 32 - May 9, 2024
Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/Tmlm2024/Articles/MS54325.HTM
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