Britain’s University and College Union (UCU) voted to promote a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, protesting Israel’s policy on the Palestinians. Jewish and Israeli officials in the U.K. and Israel reacted with outrage to the motion which, for the most part, is a rhetorical move.
The motion was approved by a 158 to 99 vote, and called for freezing European funding for Israeli academic institutions, while condemning “Israeli academia’s cooperation with the occupation.”
The union will also act toward halting academic cooperation with Israel, which is currently conducted through the European Union. The motion called for freezing all EU funding for Israeli academic institutions until Israel will “comply with the United Nation’s resolutions.”
Source: www.haaretz.com
Date: May 31, 2007
By Assaf Uni
Pic: Brandan Kely
