Gov Davis says state won't divest Israeli holdings

by reuters Saturday, Jul. 06, 2002 at 7:25 PM

Gov. Davis apparently feels that California should continue to support the apartheid policies of Israel. Apparently Davis is unaware of the racist similarities between Israel and the apartheid poliices of South Africa.

California governor says state won't divest Israeli holdings

By Reuters

LOS ANGELES - California Gov. Gray Davis assured Israeli officials on Friday that he would not yield to any political pressure to divest the state's pension fund of its Israeli holdings.

Speaking on the day after an Egyptian gunman fatally shot two Israelis at the El Al ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport, Davis pledged the state's ongoing economic support for Israel.

Davis, a Democrat who is running for reelection in November, made the statement at a meeting with Jewish leaders at the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles following a telephone conference with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

"To those critics in California that would have us divest our pension ... as long as the people of California want me to be governor, we will be doing business with Israel," Davis told Jewish leaders as well as reporters.

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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=183765&contrassID=1&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=0

Write to Governor Davis and tell him what you think about supporting apartheid in Israel:

Governor Gray Davis

State Capitol Building

Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: 916-445-2841

Fax: 916-445-4633

governor@governor.ca.gov

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