Jammu, May 4 -- Olympia-based Evergreen State College has created history by becoming the first public university in the United States to commit to a complete divestment from companies profiting from violations of Palestinian human rights. In a landmark agreement signed with protesting students last week, the college pledged to establish task forces that will work towards divesting investments from such corporations.

The development comes at the end of nearly a week-long peaceful sit-in staged by members of the students' group Evergreen Gaza Solidarity Encampment in the college's central Red Square area. Through respectful negotiations, the students succeeded in persuading college officials to sign a Memorandum of Understanding addressin...