UCU: Composite

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes:
targeting by Israel of civilians, homes, hospitals, UN facilities, university and school buildings to overthrow a democratically elected government;
blockade of medicine, food, fuel, trade and education of Gaza, and continued occupation and settlement of the West Bank;
complicity of Israeli educational institutions in colonisation and military preparation;
student occupations globally demanding justice and solidarity.
Congress believes:
a solution is impossible until Israel dismantles illegal settlements, withdraws to 1967 borders, and negotiates with Hamas;
international pressure is necessary to force Israel to abide by international law.
Congress urges branches to discuss prior to Congress 2010 the Palestinian call for a boycott, disinvestment and sanctions campaign.
Congress resolves to:
intensify solidarity and renew urgently its call to members to reflect on the moral and political appropriateness of collaboration with Israeli educational institutions;
Support those Israelis who refuse to collaborate with Israel's war against Palestinians
Demand that the British Government condemn Israeli aggression and ban arms sales to Israel
host an Autumn international, inter-union conference of BDS supporters to investigate the lawful implementation of the strategy, including an option of institutional boycotts.