Eight percent of students also believe that Oct. 7 was justified resistance
Yale University students support divesting from Israel over the oppressive and authoritarian regimes of Russia, Iran, and China, according to a survey the Ivy League school’s Buckley Institute released Monday.
The largest share of students (36 percent) opposed divestment from any nation, the survey, conducted during the fall semester, found. But among those who favored divestment, Israel—a democracy and America’s greatest ally in the Middle East—topped the list with 31 percent support, surpassing Russia (27 percent), Iran (20 percent), and China (12 percent).
That finding falls in line with recent sentiment at Yale. Students overwhelmingly passed a referendum last month calling on the university to divest from…
