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Students from over 30 UK universities urged higher education institutions to divest from Israeli apartheid on Monday, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 2021. Activists from the London School of Economics (LSE), Edinburgh University, Birkbeck, Kings College London and others demanded that universities divest from companies linked to Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territories. These companies include British manufacturer Rolls-Royce, which created parts of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighters which were used in attacks on Gaza earlier this year, a campaign that re…