Summary: Pro-Palestinian student groups are calling for “divestment” from the Israeli war effort. But little is known about the $850 billion in U.S. college endowments.

University endowments show few signs of direct Israel, defense holdings

Source: Todd C. Frankel - 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

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As some universities strike deals with pro-Palestinian student groups to discuss calls for school endowments to stop investing in Israel and defense stocks, an examination of available public documents by The Washington Post finds few direct holdings in either by the largest public school endowments, underscoring the difficulty in any potential attempt to ultimately satisfy protesters’ divestment demands.