Public Endorsement of SRI from Israeli Ambassador

March 16th, 2008 | Categories: News | Tags: , , , , , , ,
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Following Bibi Netanyahu’s lead, Salai Meridor is now the latest Israeli government official proposing divestment from companies who are doing business with Iran. As reported first by JTA in an article titled: “What can you do about Iran? Use the phone, Meridor says“, March 11th, 2008, the Israeli Ambassador to the US, Salai Meridor is proposing that Israelis and Americans alike contact their pension fund managers to ensure that none of the companies they invest in are doing business with Iran. It boggles the mind why such a simple, yet effective step against the genocidal regime in Iran is not being taken by more public figures in Israel. The only reason I can think of for the slow uptake of Iran Divestment lobbying is that politicians and the public in Israel are not fully aware of the tremendous impact their investments have on our world. The phrase “if you can’t see, it it doesn’t exist” is particularly applicable to the silent world of the capital markets. While its the major financial institutions like Goldman Sachs, CitiGroup and others who take the limelight, its the ordinary Joe whose money they are playing with. Isn’t it about time all the Joe’s in the world stand up and take a stand?

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Divest from Iran

March 24th, 2007 | Categories: SRI | Tags:
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Laura Goldman ’s March 20th article in Globes on Netanyahu’s campaign to get America’s largest pension plans to divest from companies operating in Iran provides a great analysis of one of the most important issues in SRI to date. The article may be read at www.globes.co.il Following is the opening paragraph “
“Since there have already been 3,468 military deaths and countless civilian fatalities in Iraq, shouldn’t we search for non-military solutions before we go to war with Iran?
Former Prime Minister Netanyahu has recently been barnstorming the United States to call on the fiduciaries of America’s largest pension plans. Netanyahu is asking the state and city treasurers to stop investing in companies that do business with Iran.”

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