Speak Out Against Divestment

Princeton was ahead of the curve in permitting antisemitism on campus, like the infamous lecture given on Feb. 7, 2023, by Muhammad El-Kurd, a speaker whose writing claimed the IDF feasts on the organs of Palestinians.

In fact, “protesters” chose the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 hideous murders to vandalize Princeton facilities. And now, a year after the attacks that killed over 1,200 people with over 250 more being kidnapped, Princeton students want to further the work of the terrorists by forcing the University to divest from Israel.

In order to preserve whatever shred of dignity Princeton has left, it must not divest from companies “directly or indirectly aiding the state of Israel.” This divestment “movement” is more than reminiscent of the Nazi boycott against Jewish businesses in the 1930s, which led to the mass murder of Jews in the Holocaust.

Israel is currently engaged in a fight for its life, a small country that has been the homeland of the world’s tiny Jewish population for millennia. For Princeton to once again discriminate not only against Jews, but American companies that do business with the Jewish state at this critical time, is an immoral proposition.

I hope every alumnus will go to Tigernet and speak out against the disgraceful divestment proposal. The deadline is Friday, Oct. 11.