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Article: British university union backs academic boycott of Israel
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- The Arab American News
- Article date:
- June 2, 2007
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"The international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel for its policies and practices towards the Palestinian people was boosted recently by a historic vote in support of an academic boycott."
On May 30, 2007, the UK University and College Union (UCU) Congress passed motions that endorse an academic boycott against Israel for the complicity and support the Israeli universities provide Israel's illegal military occupation and apartheid rule over the Palestinians.
The vote was taken at its first Annual Congress in Bournemouth. The final text of the resolution was shaped after approval of "friendly" amendments to the original proposals. "Friendly amendments" in ...