I’ve followed, from a distance, the debate in the UK on a possible academic boycott of Israel and no other country pretty much from the start. I’ve paid as much attention to it as I could, I believe in the vital importance of trade unions and if I didn’t have some faith in the power of argument I wouldn’t be writing here.
Omar Barghouti is a leading advocate of BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) against Israel and a key figure in PACBI (the Palestinian Campaign for an Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel). If his latest article on the execrable Counterpunch website is anything to go by, Barghouti is worried that some boycotters are getting cold feet.
Continue reading ‘Antisemitism Lies at the Heart of the Boycott Movement’
Via Engage, which has valiantly marshalled both the arguments and the bodies to confront the UCU’s academic boycott, comes news that court action is imminent.
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