Columbia U blocks BDS motion

From Columbia/Barnard Hillel's Facebook yesterday:

This evening at 8:00PM, Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) will present a referendum to Columbia College Student Council (CCSC) urging Columbia to join the movement to boycott, divest, and sanction Israel (BDS). There will then be a vote about whether to put this referendum on the ballot for CCSC's general elections in a few weeks. 

Here is a series of tweets from last night by Daniella Greenbaum about the proposed BDS resolution being presented to the student council:

Columbia student council votes tonight on whether or not to put a #BDS resolution on the ballot.

— daniella greenbaum (@DGreenbaum) April 2, 2017

Aryeh president @DoreFeith explaining to Columbia student council why israel is NOT an apartheid state. #pride #roar #investinpeace

— daniella greenbaum (@DGreenbaum) April 3, 2017

Students at Columbia have been debating whether to put #bds on ballot for last 3 hours. No decision as of yet

— daniella greenbaum (@DGreenbaum) April 3, 2017

Very proud of @DoreFeith and the rest of the pro israel students at Columbia. Student council vote is in-- #bds will not go to a vote

— daniella greenbaum (@DGreenbaum) April 3, 2017

I have heard that Scripps College also blocked a BDS motion last night, but cannot confirm.

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