Pro-Palestinian students plan to launch a national campaign this fall urging universities to divest from companies doing business in Israel. Jewish leaders criticize the effort and say it is unlikely to gain momentum, but a University of California at Berkeley group hopes to launch a national movement at an Oct. 12-14 conference.
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