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The act of selling off or otherwise disposing of,

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  • The solution is complete boycott, sanction and divestment from the state of Israel.
  • After a string of acquisitions, for example, U.K. behemoth Vodafone Group now is in divestment mode.
  • Yet many maintain that Article VI does not, in fact, commit nuclear-weapons states to a long-term divestment of those weapons.
  • "The selling price will indicate whether the divestment is a desperate attempt or part of the global strategy."
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