{"id":2254768,"date":"2024-05-29T05:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T09:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/denmark-university-concedes-to-college-protesters-demands\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T05:28:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T09:28:04","slug":"denmark-university-concedes-to-college-protesters-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/denmark-university-concedes-to-college-protesters-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark university agrees to students&#8217; protest demands"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdenmark-university-concedes-to-college-protesters-demands%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2254768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200dUniversity of\u2062 Copenhagen in Denmark \u2064announced\u2063 its divestment from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-aims-to-expand-wmd-program-german-intel-agency-concludes\/\" title=\"Iran Aims to Expand WMD Program, German Intel Agency Concludes\">companies operating<\/a> in the West Bank following\u200d discussions with anti-Israel demonstrators. From\u200b May 29 onwards,\u2062 the university will withdraw approximately 1 million\u200b Danish crowns ($145,810) from investments in\u200b Booking.com, eDreams,\u200b and Airbnb.\u200b This\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/linkedin-will-turn-off-platform-in-china-blames-challenging-environment-compliance-requirements\/\" title=\"LinkedIn Will Turn Off Platform In China, Blames \u2018Challenging\u2019 Environment, \u2018Compliance Requirements\u2019\">decision aligns<\/a> with \u2064recent student protests. The University of Copenhagen in Denmark\u2064 made headlines by announcing its divestment from companies in the West Bank\u2062 after \u2064engaging \u2062with anti-Israel protestors. Starting May 29, the university will pull about\u2062 1 million Danish crowns ($145,810) from investments in Booking.com, eDreams, and Airbnb, reflecting the impact \u200cof student-led demonstrations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The University of Copenhagen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/denmark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Denmark<\/a> announced on Tuesday that it would divest from companies doing business in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/west-bank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>West Bank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The university\u2019s decision came after meeting with anti-Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beverly-hills-goes-maga-as-thousands-of-trump-supporters-rally\/\" title=\"Beverly Hills Goes MAGA as Thousands of Trump Supporters Rally\">protesters<\/a>. Starting on May 29, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/denmark-university-halt-investment-companies-west-bank-amid-student-protests-2024-05-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>University of Copenhagen<\/a> will divest about 1 million Danish crowns (an equivalent to $145,810) from its holdings in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/denmark-university-halt-investment-companies-west-bank-amid-student-protests-2024-05-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Booking.com, eDreams, and Airbnb<\/a>. The decision was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/koebenhavns_uni\/status\/1795397624498987061?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announced in a post on X<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn April, the University of Copenhagen\u2019s board discussed the university\u2019s approach to placing funds in companies on the UN\u2019s list of companies with activities in the West Bank,\u201d the university\u2019s post read. \u201cAt the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-president-trumps-executive-order-from-yesterday-directly-impacts-the-bidens-investments-in-china\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: President Trump\u2019s Executive Order from Yesterday Directly Impacts the Bidens\u2019 Investments in China\">board meeting<\/a>, it was also decided that KU will in future carry out a more active ownership towards its capital managers. This means regular dialogue about, among other things, the companies that may appear in the portfolios that are on the mentioned UN list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result, from tomorrow (May 29), KU will no longer have investments in funds that have Airbnb, Booking[.]com and the online travel company eDreams ODIGEO in their portfolio,\u201d read the post. \u201cThere were investments in the three companies for a total of around DKK 1 million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the university stated that the impetus for the change aligned \u201cwith the reflections the rectorate has made on the basis of conversations with students and staff in connection with the conflict in Israel and Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Protesters gathered on UC\u2019s campus earlier this month in opposition to Israel after the country mounted a defense in response to the terrorist attacks by Hamas on Oct. 7. Among the demands of the protesters was for the school to stop providing any financial resources to corporations that did business in Palestine in the areas that the protesters deemed were an \u201cillegal occupation.\u201d   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-takes-heat-for-killing-trumps-opioid-treatment-prescription-plan-praised-by-doctors\/\" title=\"Biden Takes Heat For Killing Trump\u2019s Opioid-Treatment Prescription Plan Praised By Doctors\">previously announced<\/a>, the rectorate considers it completely reasonable that the university population has insight into what the university\u2019s funds are invested in,\u201d read the university\u2019s post. \u201cWe therefore continue to work on how, within the current agreements, we can provide a status for the portfolio at regular intervals.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denmark&#8217;s University of Copenhagen will divest from West Bank-related businesses following talks with anti-Israel demonstrators. As of May 29, the university plans to divest around 1 million Danish crowns ($145,810) from companies like Booking.com and eDreams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2254769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/palestine-protest-1024x592.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/palestine-protest-1024x592.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2254769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}