TIAA-CREF asks SEC for OK to skip vote on Israeli divestment

TIAA-CREF officials are asking the SEC to allow it to take no action on a shareholder proposal by activist group Jewish Voice for Peace that would require it to consider divesting from companies that contribute to violations of human rights, including companies whose business supports Israel's occupation of the West Bank.

http://www.pionline.com/article/20130410/REG/130419978/tiaa-cref-asks-sec-for-ok-to-skip-vote-on-israeli-divestment