Press Coverage

News coverage of the 2008 boycott motion appears below.

British media: 

"The UCU is Wasting Time and Money", Lorna Fitzsimons, the Independent, 5th June

"Lecturer union urges moral review of Israeli college links", Guardian, 29th May

"Lecturers back boycott of Israeli universities", The Times, 29th May

"Lecturers agree to consider boycott of Israeli academics", The Independent, 29th May

"Academics Against Israel", letter from Baroness Deech, The Telegraph, 29th May

"Academics' Israel vote sparks row", BBC Online, 29th May 

"UCU backs call to 'consider moral implications' of ties to Israel", Times Higher Education (online), 28th May 

 

Israeli Media

"Build Bridges not Boycotts",  Jeremy Newmark, Jerusalem Post, 3rd June

"U.K. academic union moves to consider boycott of Israeli academia", Haaretz, 29th May 

"UK union encourages Israel boycott", Jerusalem Post, 29th May 

 

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20/11/2008