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Article: UK Academics May Boycott Israel
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- May 31, 2007
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LONDON - Britain's largest union of university and college teachers voted to hold talks on an academic boycott of Israel, a spokesman said Thursday.
The University and College Union, which represents around 120,000 employees, voted Wednesday to allow local branches to make a final decision on imposing a boycott on cooperation with Israeli academics.
Union members voted on a motion asking them to note that "Israel's 40-year occupation has seriously damaged the fabric of Palestinian society through annexation, illegal settlement, collective punishment and restriction of movement."
It called on British academics to condemn the "complicity of Israeli academia in the occupation."
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