An-Najah News -  UK universities continue to hold nearly £450m in companies complicit in Israel’s violations of international law and Palestinian human rights according to research released by Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

The investigative research includes both investments made directly, and those made through investment funds which have holdings on a university’s behal f  

 49 UK universities hold investments but refused to give data to PSC, or gave incomplete data according to the database lists the investments.but  an estimate is used based on an average complicity figure .

The research also includes institutional ties UK universities hold with complicit Israeli academic institutions. 

 King’s College London (KCL) for example, have an official partnership with Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, which helps the Israeli military develop technology used to oppress the Palestinian population. 

This includes the development of the D-9 bulldozer, which has been used to demolish Palestinian structures including homes, schools and olive groves.
investments listed include 10 university investments in BAE Systems,F-16 fighter jets and Apache helicopters, both of which contain components manufactured by BAE Systems, have been used repeatedly in Israeli attacks on densely populated civilian areas, resulting in thousands of civilian casualties in Lebanon, the West Bank, and Gaza.

 despite many UK universities having ethical investment policies, most of which prohibit investments in companies involved in grave human rights abuses.

The research has led to renewed calls for divestment from students, with PSC launching a petition to UK Universities calling for the body, a representative of UK higher education  nstitutions, to act to address the research as a matter of urgency.