Columbia alumni pledge to withhold donations over school's Israel-linked investments

More than 1,600 Columbia University alumni signed a letter pledging to withhold "all financial, programmatic, and academic support" to the university until a list of 13 demands is met. 

"Columbia University maintains an undisclosed number of investments with entities known to fund or profit from the Israeli military occupation, meaning that Columbia is financially and morally enabling the ongoing indiscriminate killing of Palestinians," the letter, addressed to President Nemat Minouche Shafik and the Trustees of Columbia University, begins. 

The website where the letter is posted updates new signatories and has a financial contribution ticker at the bottom, which at the time of publishing, reads: $68,354,601 financial contributions at risk.

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Columbia University alumni pledge to withhold financial support over Gaza war