What is divestment relating to the Israel/Palestine issue supposed to achieve ?

[jojoju1998]

Can anyone answer this question ?

[Progressive Pessimist]

Not much. Netanyahu isn't going to suddenly start caring because pro-Israel businesses are doing worse.

[LostInOhio]

It’s a way for young leftists to feel like they’re doing something important and meaningful. Just like boycotting Chick Fil A.

Tbh the universities should all just tell them they “divested” to get them to stop, it’s not like they’d even notice anyway whether they did or not.

[GP270watch]

 It's one of the basic tenants of non-violent protest movements. This is like civil resistance 101.

[Indy Texas 🇺🇦🇵🇸]

People will point to South Africa as evidence of this strategy working but 1980s South Africa was basically a commodity economy that otherwise didn't have a strong trading relationship with the United States.

[GeneralMacArthur]

It's a token victory that anti-Israel bigots can aim to try and achieve, while always remaining out of reach because divesting from Israel is actually really annoying and difficult to do if you're a business/organization so it's not something you're going to throw out there just to appease the wolves.