US - In the latest twist to the pension fund divestment saga, the blacklist has broadened to include Israel, targeted by a group of US activists demanding the Seattle Employees' Retirement System (SERS) divest from companies involved with Israeli occupied territories or based there.
The Seattle Divest from War and Occupation (SDWO) organisation presented a ballot initiative (I-97) demanding SERS also divest from any company that "participates directly in the occupation of Iraq...
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