Society endorses boycott of Israeli universities

Middle East Monitor 29 June 2019

The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies has endorsed the Palestinian call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, in a vote taken at its AGM, reports the Middle East Monitor.

The resolution supporting the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign highlights Israel’s obstruction of “Palestinians’ right to education by destroying Palestinian universities and schools, arresting students, raiding and forcing Palestinian universities to close, and restricting Palestinians’ movement”.

Proposed by Professor John Chalcraft and seconded by Dr Rafeef Ziadah, the resolution commits the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies to “endorsing the call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions until these institutions publicly end their support and complicity in violating Palestinian rights as stipulated in international law”.
Full report on the Middle East Monitor site

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