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Motion

Motion title
Israeli Apartheid and anti-BDS legislation
Meeting date
1 June 2022
Motion
24
Motion text

Congress notes the
1. B’Tselm, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch reports on Israeli apartheid highlighting systematic Israeli anti-Palestinian discrimination – widespread seizures of Palestinian land and property, unlawful killings, forcible transfer, drastic movement restrictions, and the denial of citizenship;
2. Academic Commitment for Human Rights in Palestine;
3. Designation of 11 Palestinian human rights organisations as ‘terrorist’;
4. Israeli Ministry of Defence intention to isolate Palestinian universities, undermining Higher Education, by limiting the number and disciplinary specialisms of foreign scholars permitted work visas;
5. Legislation in UK rendering BDS unlawful for public bodies unless consistent with Government policy.
Congress resolves to
a. join the campaign against anti-BDS legislation.
b. make forceful representations to the Israeli Embassy, affirming Palestinian universities’ membership of the global scholarly community;
c. reaffirm Congress’ 2010 opinion on BDS and academic boycott;
d. immediately invite all members to consider, given reported crimes against humanity, the moral and political consequences of any relationship with Israeli institutions.

Proposing body
University of Dundee
Amended
No
Notes

Administrative info

Listing reference
2022/C/06-01/064/24