"Massachusetts Institute of Technology forced to cut ties with Israeli weapons maker Elbit Systems" 17 April 2025

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has severed ties with Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems after a six-month campaign spearheaded by the MIT Coalition for Palestine and the Boston branch of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

After six months of political campaign which included thousands of academics, activists, and students, the Coalition and BDS have succeeded in their goal.  The campaign included various types of non-violent protests including the disruption of Industrial Liaison Programs’ (ILP) conferences in Boston, Bangkok, Seoul, and Tokyo.

...As a result, Elbit Systems will be removed from MIT’s ILP, a membership platform that connects corporations with MIT’s faculty experts, emerging technologies, and research labs.  “Let this be a message to all the merchants of death: You have been put on notice,” said the MIT Coalition for Palestine and the BDS movement.

Student organizers have called the move a victory for academic accountability and a rejection of partnerships with firms complicit in Israeli war crimes.

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