By Henry Aleksandrov | April 15, 2026
(Ohio University Facebook page)
The overwhelming majority of students at Ohio University recently voted in favor of a referendum demanding the school divest from Israel, even though they arenot allowed to do that by law.
The recent news came afteranti-Israel and anti-Semitic rhetoric was exposed on the campus, with the university officials allowing students to spread the anti-Israel and pro-Hamas messages while also allowing Jew-hating and Holocaust-supporting podcaster Myron Gaines to visit the campus and spread his beliefs among students.
On March 18, the Student Senate unanimously voted in favor of Senate Bill 2526-11, which requires the university to both divest from Israel-related bonds and companies and make information about its investments publicly available,The Post newspaper in Athens reported.
The student newspaper reported that the bill received unanimous support from the Student Senate. After that, the bill went to a student referendum, and 86% supported it.
The university’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine partially drafted the bill and hosted an “Educational Forum” before the vote to sway the opinion of the students by telling them about the university’s alleged “investments into genocide, repressive laws, and the referendum vote,”according to their post on Instagram.
According to another report by The Post, many left-wing groups, including Amnesty International OU, OU Ohio Student Association, OU Black Panther Party Legacy, Sunrise Athens, OU Young Democratic Socialists of America, OU Publius, Southeast Ohio Jewish Voice for Peace, and OU Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, endorsed the bill.
“This issue is not exclusive to Students for Justice in Palestine,” SJP board member Henry Turner said before the vote,according to Campus Reform. “There are many, many community and student organizations that are passionate about this issue and want to end the university’s complicity in acts of genocide and apartheid.”
The chaptercelebrated the bill’s passage on Instagram, warning students that “this fight is not over” and that the entire student body “must keep pressure on the university to listen to student voices,” as well as “stay transparent” and “end complicity in genocide.”
Source: Drudge Report
