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(L-r) Somerville for Palestine supporters celebrate a projected win for a non-binding resolution imploring the Boston suburb to divest from companies that do business with Israel, in New Jersey, November 4, 2025; a still from an ad opposing the measure paid for by a local Jewish group. (Screenshot via Instagram; Screenshot via YouTube via JTA)
November 5, 2025, 12:07 pm
In first, voters in Boston suburb back municipal proposal to divest from Israel
While anti-Israel activists celebrate, mayoral candidate who endorsed measure concedes to rival, Jake Wilson, who did not; Jewish groups ran TV ads against ballot question
By Andrew Lapin
In an aerial view, Caterpillar equipment sits parked in a lot at Peterson Cat on August 5, 2025 in San Leandro, California. (JUSTIN SULLIVAN / Getty Images via AFP)
November 4, 2025, 6:50 pm
Norway pauses ethical divestment after US panned targeting of Israel-linked firm
Finance minister says fund won’t be able to invest in the world’s biggest companies if current guidelines continue, opposition socialists say move comes due to fear of Trump
By Reuters and ToI Staff
An IDF D9 bulldozers, manufactured by Catepillar. (Hamad Almakt/Flash90)
October 1, 2025, 3:16 pm
Netherlands’ top pension fund divests from US company Caterpillar over supplies to IDF
Citing ‘socially responsible’ investment policy, ABP sells off 387 million-euro stake in US firm, following similar move by Norway’s sovereign wealth fund in August
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Protesters hold banners and flags, including one calling for 'Intifada revolution,' during a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstration in Copenhagen, Denmark on August 24, 2025. (Ritzau Scanpix/ Emil Nicolai Helms/ via REUTERS)
September 24, 2025, 5:43 pm
Danish teachers’ pension fund to divest from Israeli state assets over Gaza, settlements
Decision by $25 billion member-owned group AkadamikerPension follows recent divestment declaration by Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund over human rights concerns
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Then-New York State assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, now a NYC mayoral candidate, speaks during a news conference outside the White House to announce a hunger strike to demand that former US president Joe Biden 'call for a permanent ceasefire and no military aid to Israel,' on November 27, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images via JTA)
September 19, 2025, 7:52 pm
Can Mamdani divest NYC from Israel? Likely comptroller Mark Levine dismisses concern
Jewish Democratic candidate set to be the city’s chief financial officer intends to invest in Israel bonds, saying mayor ‘just doesn’t have the votes’ to swing large-scale divestment
By Joseph Strauss
The flags of (from top) Norway, South Africa, Palestine, Ireland, and Spain, are raised at an entrance of Ramallah city in the West Bank on May 28, 2024. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
August 12, 2025, 1:49 pm
Norway wealth fund expects to sell more Israeli stocks over Gaza, West Bank concerns
World’s largest sovereign wealth fund is reviewing its Israeli investments, on Monday cut stakes in 11 of out 61 firms
By Reuters
Norway's Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg delivers remarks during an Oval Office meeting with Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store (R) and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on April 24, 2025, in Washington, DC. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA / Getty Images via AFP)
August 11, 2025, 9:05 pm
World’s largest wealth fund rolls back Israeli investments over West Bank, Gaza concerns
Norway’s $2 trillion body says it is divesting from 11 out of 61 Israeli firms, reviewing other investments; country’s finance minister praises fund for ‘acting quickly’
By ToI Staff and AFP
Norway's Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg departs after participating in a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House, April 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Alex Brandon)
August 8, 2025, 3:19 pm
Norway wealth fund to declare steps on Israeli investments, but not blanket divestment
Some measures to come next week, more to follow, finance minister says, amid pro-Palestinian pressure ahead of elections; ties with firm servicing IDF fighter jets under scrutiny
By Reuters and ToI Staff
George Washington University students carry a sign during an anti-Israel protest as George Washington University President Ellen Granberg speaks at a commencement ceremony in Washington, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
May 22, 2025, 12:05 pm
US university bans student for commencement speech calling to divest from Israel
Speaker at George Washington graduation urges alumni not to donate, decries Gaza ‘genocide’; DC school apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ speech that strayed from approved text
By Andrew Lapin
A Paz gas station in Tel Aviv, November 28, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 12, 2025, 6:17 am
World’s largest wealth fund divests from Israel’s Paz over gas stations in West Bank
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund claims energy firm helping ‘perpetuate’ settlements, after it previously also sold all its stocks in telecom company Bezeq
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Aerial view of Ma'ale Adumim, a West Bank settlement outside of Jerusalem, February 25, 2025. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)
May 7, 2025, 8:20 pm
Union presses Norway wealth fund to divest from firms that aid Israel in West Bank, Gaza
World’s largest sovereign wealth fund urged by Norwegian confederation of trade unions to pull investments from companies ‘that have activities in occupied Palestinian territories’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: An employee in the offices of the Bezeq telecom firm in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona near the border with Lebanon on February 22, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
December 4, 2024, 12:54 pm
Norway wealth fund divests from Bezeq over services to West Bank settlements
Decision follows toughening of stance by fund’s watchdog, which says presence of telecom firm in disputed territory violates international law even though it also serves Palestinians
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palantir CEO Alex Karp arrives as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer convenes a closed-door gathering of leading tech CEOs to discuss the priorities and risks surrounding artificial intelligence and how it should be regulated, in Washington on Sept. 13, 2023. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
October 27, 2024, 5:58 pm
Norway’s Storebrand divests from Palantir over use of its software by Israeli forces
Norwegian asset management firm pulls its investment from US provider of AI data platform deployed by Israeli authorities for surveillance and security in West Bank and Gaza
By Sharon Wrobel
Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian activists face off during a tense debate over divestment at a University of Washington Board of Regents meeting, September 2024. (Screenshot/via JTA)
September 27, 2024, 5:24 am
US universities that cut deals with anti-Israel protesters are now paying the price
Hoping to rein in protests on campuses post-October 7, several universities agreed to mull Israel divestment, but even this unprecedented move is inadequate for some activists
By Andrew Lapin
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters rally at University Hall at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on April 29, 2024. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
September 9, 2024, 11:47 pm
Brown University trustee resigns in protest of upcoming vote on Israel divestment
Joseph Edelman decries school’s ‘stunning failure of moral leadership’ in agreeing to student protesters’ demand; university criticizes his ‘misunderstanding’ of decision
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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