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Why we need a boycott of Israel on our campuses

inminds
23 October 2011

• Kings College London Action Palestine
  
• University College London Friends of Palestine
  
• SOAS Palestine Society
  
• LSE Palestine Society
  
• Goldsmiths Palestine Campaign
  
• Brunel Friends of Palestine
  
• London Metropolitan University Palestine Society
  
• Queen Mary Palestine Solidarity Society
  
• Middlesex Free Palestine Society
  
• Imperial palestine Society
  

Mike Cushman, Rafeef Ziadeh, Sean Rillo Rackza, Karma Nabulsi and Ilan Pappe (left to right)

The event was hosted at the University of London Union which in May 2011 passed a strong resolution in support of BDS. Voting 10-1 to institute and campaign for BDS in support of Palestine the union called for “thorough research into ULU investments and contracts” with companies guilty of “violating Palestinian human rights” as set out by the Palestinian Boycott National Committee (BNC). It was chaired by Rillo Rackza the Vice President of University of London Union.

Sean Rillo Rackza, Vice President University of London Union, chairs the meeting

After the QA session Mehdi Beyati of Kings College London Action Palestine explained that King College is involved in an EU funded research project with Israeli settler company Ahava. He revealed that the Kings Student union has just passed a motion condemning the project and demanding the university drops out of the project.

Full video of all the speeches and question-answer session is provided below

Question and answer session followed the speeches

Ilan Pappe, Israeli Academic, Exeter University

Karma Nabulsi, Palestinian Academic, Oxford University

Rafeef Ziadeh, Palestinian Boycott National Committee

Mike Cushman, British Committee for University's in Palestine

Source: www.inminds.co.uk

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