French parliament suspended after deputy waves Palestinian flag
A Palestinian flag flies at the University of Copenhagen earlier this month at a camp set up by demonstrating students. On Tuesday the university announced it would stop halt investment in companies that do business in the occupied West Bank. Photograph: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Imagesstate on Tuesday, backing the government’s view that the necessary conditions were not in place, despite the decision by Ireland, Spain and Norway to endorse independence.
Foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen had previously said the Danish government could not recognise a Palestinian state because it did not have a single functioning authority or control over its own territory. The university will, as of May 29th, divest its holdings worth a total of about 1 million Danish crowns in Airbnb ,The university said it would work with fund managers to manage its investments and ensure they comply with a United Nations list of companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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