Divest from apartheid – divest from occupation – divest from Israel!
Tell Minnesota’s State Board of Investment (SBI):
Divest from apartheid – divest from occupation – divest from Israel!
To Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, State Auditor Julie Blaha, and Secretary of State Steve Simon (the MN SBI):
We, the undersigned, oppose our public funds being invested in Israeli companies like Elbit Systems – which advertises its military products as “field tested” on Palestinians, and was contracted to help build the oppressive US-Mexico border wall – as well as Israeli banks and bonds that bankroll illegal settlements in occupied Palestine. Human rights organizations have clearly established that Israel presides over an apartheid system comparable to apartheid South Africa or the Jim Crow era of the United States, wherein Palestinians lack freedom of movement, access to basic necessities, and other human rights. The recent assassination of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli Occupation Forces showed the world the ruthlessness of the occupation and the lengths to which the Israeli regime goes to avoid scrutiny and accountability for its actions. After years of insisting it would be impossible to divest from Israel over its human rights record, earlier this year the SBI swiftly divested from Russia as soon as war broke out in Ukraine. We demand you immediately take steps to begin divestment from Israeli entities complicit in the occupation of Palestine.
Sign our petition here: https://form.jotform.com/221663815292155