British Faculty Union Calls for Preconditions on Working With Israeli Academics

Britain's largest faculty union was described as "racist" and "McCarthyite" on Wednesday after its annual congress approved a resolution asking members to question Israeli academics on their political views before working with them.

The new policy for the 120,000-member University and College Union was adopted by a show of hands of the 300 delegates in attendance after an hourlong debate in Manchester, England. The question of how to carry out the policy was referred to the