Members of a graduate student union at Cornell University voted overwhelmingly to pass a referendum in support of “the Palestinian liberation struggle”.
Results were announced on Wednesday following a three-day voting period for members of the Cornell Graduate Students United (CGSU-UE Local 300). The voting period ended on Tuesday.
The union said Cornell University supported human rights abuses against Palestinians through research and ties to the weapons industry, and the decision allows it to “join a larger movement to end the genocide in Palestine”.
“Cornell is implicated in the Israeli genocide of Palestinians through research, recruitment, and financial ties with the weapons industry, and endowment investments,” a statement from the union reads.
