"On Nov. 19, 2025, members of Break the Bonds NC, a coalition of Palestine Solidarity organizations, spoke at a North Carolina Investment Authority board meeting to demand the state pension fund divest from all Israeli government bonds. Immediately after the meeting, the state treasurer's office emailed a link of the pension's holdings to Ari Rosenberg, a lead Break the Bonds NC organizer. The $6.7 million in Israeli bonds that had been there in June were no longer in the portfolio."
"Rosenberg was in disbelief that only five months since the campaign's launch, the state had already completely divested. But after receiving another email from the treasury confirming that the state pension fund no longer held any Israeli bonds, her disbelief gave way to elation. "I cried really hard," Rosenberg said. "And then I recorded a message to my comrades being like, 'You won't believe this.'""
"A few weeks prior, organizers in Minnesota and Michigan received the same good news: that state investment bodies had divested from or declined to reinvest in Israeli bonds. In total, the three states dropped approximately $27 million in bonds. But Israeli bonds remain a contentious issue in many parts of the country, including New York City, where organizers are pressuring comptroller Mark Levine not to reinvest after former comptroller Brad Lander divested in 2023."
On Nov. 19, 2025, Break the Bonds NC organizers pressed the North Carolina Investment Authority to divest the state pension fund from Israeli government bonds. The state treasurer's office later confirmed removal of $6.7 million in Israeli sovereign bonds from the portfolio. Organizers in Minnesota and Michigan similarly persuaded state investment bodies to divest or decline reinvestment, bringing the combined total to about $27 million. North Carolina campaigns targeted sovereign debt while other campaigns targeted retail "Israel Bonds." In New York City, organizers are pressing comptroller Mark Levine not to reinvest after Brad Lander's 2023 divestment, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani opposes reinvestment.
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