UCU: Solidarity with the Palestinian People! End the Genocide!

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes:
1. President Trump’s proposed plan, endorsed by the Israeli Government, aims
to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
2. The Israeli Government is blocking essential supplies, leaving Palestinians on
the brink of survival, with the most vulnerable dying from preventable
conditions.
3. Since October 2023, Israeli military operations and settler violence in the
West Bank have displaced Palestinians and destroyed civilian infrastructure.
Congress believes:
a. Palestinians face continuing forced displacement, either through military
violence or attrition.
b. The Israeli Government is emboldened by support from Western
governments, including the UK, and continuing impunity.
Congress resolves:
i. To urge the UK government to publicly commit to respecting the ICC arrest
warrants and to impose an arms embargo on Israel until it ends its illegal
occupation and annexation of Palestinian territory.
ii. To campaign for UK universities to sever ties with companies and institutions
complicit in plausible violations of Palestinian rights, including apartheid,
occupation, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.