The push to garner campus endorsements of calls to divest from Israeli occupation-linked corporations scored another success this week when the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) student government voted in favor of a resolution authored by the Committee for Justice in Palestine (CJP).

By a vote of 22-14, the UCSC Student Union Assembly (SUA) endorsed a resolution urging the University of California to divest from companies that “profit from and/or support many of Israel’s ongoing human rights violations.” The vote made Santa Cruz the fifth UC chapter to endorse divestment in recent years.

The clear majority in favor of divestment surprised members of CJP. Last year, a similar divestment resolution was voted down 17-19. And some officers of the student government have gone on free trips to Israel sponsored by organizations that vehemently oppose divestment, a practice that has become a contentious issue on UC campuses.
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The resolution was opposed by groups like the AMCHA Initiative, a right-wing Zionist organization known for attacking professors who speak out on Palestine and criticize Israel.