Princeton's Support of the Israeli Occupation

Princeton supports the Israeli occupation  in a number of ways -- politically, financially, and otherwise.  We believe that Princeton can have the most influence in ending the current human rights abuses by disinvesting endowment dollars from companies that have significant operations in Israel.  More than $100 million are currently invested in such companies.  Below is a list of these investments (the companies have been identified as significant investors in Israel by the Israeli embassy's US Israel Business Exchange).

Name of Company Amount of Princeton's Investment Company's Relationship with Israel
American International Group $6.9 million Joint venture with Aurec to form insurance company in Israel
Boston Scientific $6 million Purchased 25% of Medinol
Dow Chemical $3 million Invested $750,000 in Asheklon Technological Industries, a technology incubator
General Electric $8.5 million Joint venture to provide electronic trade services with an investment of $2.5 million
Hewlett Packard $9.5 million Owns Computation & Measurement, Ltd., a $19 million Israeli company
IBM $8.5 million Powns Ubique, Softel, and IBM Israel, Ltd.
Intel $9 million $1.6 billion facility in Kiryat Gat
International Paper Inc. $2.5 million Owns 11% of Scitex, Ltd.
Johnson & Johnson $9.8 million Took over Biosense for $400 million
Lehmann Brothers $6 million Owns 4% of Bank Leumi, 8% of Nice Systems, 4.5% of Leader Investments
Lucent Technologies $5.5 million Purchased Lannet for $117 million
MacDermid, Inc. $2.3 million Owns 100% of MacDermid Israel, Ltd.
McDonalds Corp. $5.4 million McDonalds Israel
Merck $8.4 million Opened subsidiary in Israel 6/97
Motorola $5 million Owns Motorola Israel, Ltd., Motorola-Tadiran Cellular
Texas Instruments $8 million Owns $50 million Butterfly and $260 million Libit
TOTAL $104.3 million  

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End the Israeli Occupation -- DIVEST NOW!