Dozens of Cambridge academics urge university to divest from arms industry

Dozens of academics at Cambridge University are urging the institution to withdraw its investments from the arms industry. The calls for divestment and transparency precede a crucial university council meeting scheduled to review a report on investments in defense-related companies. Academics accuse the university of "maximal obfuscation," claiming the complex structure of its endowment fund is designed to prevent ethical scrutiny and democratic oversight. The statements from staff explicitly connect these investments to facilitating repression, genocide, and ethnic cleansing, with the pressure campaign gaining momentum from student pro-Palestine activism.