The Movement for Reform Judaism

the British University and College Union voted to adopt a policy broadly supporting a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, as well as calling for a moratorium on EU funding for Israeli research.

You can join Pro Zion, The Zionist Federation, StandWithUs, Fair Play Campaign Group in the UK and other groups to help overturn this move.

Write an email now, keep it polite; don't make it personal, but address
the issues. They are:

*Express your dismay at the decision of the Congress to boycott Israeli
academic institutions
*The UCU conference representatives voted for a step towards a boycott
of Israeli academics
*Ask UCU leadership to condemn the boycott vocally and publicly
*Ask Sally Hunt, UCU General Secretary, to confirm that she will be
honouring her promise to call a referendum of all the UCU membership to
ask ALL the UCU members if they support a boycott.
*Express your feelings about the boycott - Boycotts are one sided and do
not help anyone;

Please send your emails to

shunt@ucu.org.uk Sally Hunt, General Secretary
jointpresidents@ucu.org.uk UCU Joint Presidents
pmackney@ucu.org.uk Paul Mackney, Joint General Secretary
hq@ucu.org.uk@ucu.org.uk UCU Head Office
mkeight@ucu.org.uk blovejoy@ucu.org.uk Heads of Higher & Further Education

The UCU General Secretary has said she does not believe the general membership of the union supports a boycott. Your pressure can make the UCU leadership act.

More information on Boycott Responses can be found here

Copies of the motion can be found here

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