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Pro-Palestinian campus protests tended to include a diversity of students, including many Muslims and Jews, and demonstrators were often accused of using antisemitic language or symbolism as they pushed for universities to divest from Israel.

However, federal law bars executive branch employees, which can include unpaid consultants from participating in government matters that will affect their financial interests, unless they divest of their interests or recuse themselves.

It also says councils should divest from companies that "support the apartheid Israeli state".

As for the companies’ pledge to divest enough stores in enough communities to preserve competition, the FTC is right to be skeptical.

“We believe that if the company were required to divest the Google Ad Manager business, the financial impact to overall operations would be minimal,” the analysts said in the note.