UCU: Palestine solidarity, BDS, and Histadrut

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes
the successful international boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) conference hosted by the UCU in line with Congress policy;
the statement that emerged from that conference, and the call from the Palestinian Boycott National Committee for an isolation of Israel while it continues to act in breach of international law.
Congress resolves:
to reaffirm its support for BDS, and to seek its implementation within the constraints of the existing law;
to seek in conjunction with other trade unions, nationally and internationally, to establish an annual international conference on BDS, a trade union sponsored BDS website and a research centre on commercial, cultural and academic complicity with Israeli breaches of international law, with appropriate cost sharing;
to sever all relations with Histadrut, and to urge other trade unions and bodies to do likewise;
to campaign actively against the EU-Israel Association Agreement, and to coordinate that campaign with other trade unions and solidarity movements.