October 12, 2007

British Union Declares Israeli Boycott Illegal

By AISHA LABI

Britain's main faculty union has put the brakes on a proposal to boycott Israeli universities after its lawyers concluded that such a move would be unlawful and could not be implemented.

The University and College Union, which has 120,000 members, did not publish the full text of the advice it had received but included excerpts in a statement posted online. "The legal advice makes it clear that making a call to boycott Israeli institutions would run a serious risk of infringing

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