The student government at Pomona College voted in February 2024 to divest all school investments from Israeli apartheid, which was opposed by the school’s president, Gabrielle Starr. More than 75% of student voters voted in favor of five propositions on divestment at the school, including ceasing all academic support for the state of Israel, and voting for the college to divest from all companies tied to Israel and all weapons manufacturers.
In a letter on Friday in response to the protest, Starr wrote: “Any participants in today’s events on the SCC lawn or in Alexander Hall, who turn out to be Pomona students, are subject to immediate suspension.
Conclusion, Leni?
Gabi Starr works contrary to a global tide. A tide that has become awakened to the deceit that would erase both historic Palestine and her ‘disparate and still-greatly-in-majority-peoples’. For by UNRWA’s account today, Palestinians globally comprise a population that exceeds 14 million; whereas the accredited non-Palestinian Israeli population does not exceed 8 million.