Article: Academics reignite Israel row

Academics will reignite an international row today when they urge fellow lecturers to consider whether they should sever links with Israeli universities.

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) will highlight the "humanitarian catastrophe imposed on Gaza by Israel" at their annual congress in Manchester. A motion passed by the union last year provoked outrage from academics and politicians in Britain and overseas.

The UCU meeting will today hear a similarly worded call. Speaking ahead of the debate, Tom Hickey, a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Brighton, stressed the new motion ...

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