US activists urge divestment of Israeli companies

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 US campaigners urge boycott of Israeli firms 
 

International outrage at the war on Gaza has triggered calls to boycott and sanction Israel.

This week, student activists at a small US college said they had persuaded their university to divest from corporations that support Israeli occupation.

A movement like the one that ended South African apartheid may be tough to build in the US, but it could be gathering steam.

Al Jazeera’s Josh Rushing reports from New York city.