New York State’s Common Retirement Fund holds more than $367 million in Israel Bonds, which provide financial support for Israel’s ongoing brutality against the Palestinian people. The state of New York must end its complicity in genocide.
Amid a local pressure campaign, the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System has divested roughly 85% of its holdings in Israeli bonds. Mondoweiss speaks with one of the lead organizers of the effort, Zainab Chaudry, Director of CAIR Maryland.
NYC comptroller Mark Levine says he will resume investing city pensions in Israel Bonds, but a growing campaign of organizations and lawmakers aims to stop him.
In recent weeks, activists have achieved major victories in getting states to divest from Israel Bonds. But what exactly are Israel Bonds, what role do they play in the Israeli occupation, and how are activists successfully mobilizing against them?
The United Methodist Church (UMC) will divest from Israel bonds and from other governments maintaining illegal military occupations, making it the first church in the world to make such a pledge.
A growing movement is calling on Illinois to divest $100 million in Israel Bonds, and has filed an ethics complaint against Treasurer Michael Frerichs, alleging abuse of authority, corruption, improper use of state time, and misuse of public assets.
Rank-and-file members of the UAW are demanding that union leadership immediately divest from Israel Bonds.