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U.K. union backs calls for boycott of Israel academe
By Assaf Uni, Haaretz Correspondent

Britain's University and College Union (UCU) voted on Wednesday to promote a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, protesting Israel's policy on the Palestinians. Jewish and Israeli officials in the U.K. and Israel reacted with outrage to the motion which, for the most part, is a rhetorical move.

The motion was approved by a 158 to 99 vote, and called for freezing European funding for Israeli academic institutions, while condemning "Israeli academia's cooperation with the occupation."

In addition, the UCU decided to bring the question of whether to boycott Israel up for discussion by all the union's members, numbering about 120,000. The discussions are scheduled to take place over the next 12 months. The motion encouraged union members to "consider the moral implications of conducting ties with Israeli academic institutions."

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The vote was preceded by a heated discussion in which Israel was repeatedly referred to as an apartheid state, engaging in crimes against humanity in the occupied territories. The union representatives adopted two separate resolutions promoting an academic boycott against Israel. They said the situation in the territories did not allow spectators to stand idly by.

In addition, the union congress pledged to advertise the Palestinians' request for a boycott against Israel in all the union's offices, and to arrange for academics from the Palestinian Authority to attend delegations to the U.K. The union's representatives also decided to establish direct contact with Palestinian workers' organizations.

The union will also act toward halting academic cooperation with Israel, which is currently conducted through the European Union. The motion called for freezing all EU funding for Israeli academic institutions until Israel will "comply with the United Nation's resolutions."

Ronnie Fraser, who heads the British group Academic Friends of Israel, said that "the vote proved that nothing has changed within the ranks of the U.K.'s academic unions. This is another boycott."

In 2005, Fraser acted to overturn another boycott against Israel, which had been approved by the Association of University Teachers (AUT.) That decision was overturned a month after it was passed. In 2006, the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) also moved to boycott Israel, but its decision became invalid shortly thereafter when NATFHE and AUT merged to form the UCU.

UCU's general secretary, Sally Hunt, also opposes the motion. "I do not believe a boycott is supported by the majority of UCU members, nor do I believe that members see it is a priority for the union," she said. "Now, the union's branches will consult their members to form a stance on the boycott. Any decision to actually impose a boycott will have to overcome serious stipulations."

Israel's ambassador to Britain, Zvi Hefetz, responded by saying that the resolution was offensive to Britain's Jewish community. "Its slanted phrasing reeks of ignorance," he added. Adrian Fronda, a senior mathematics lecturer who had joined the union solely to vote against the boycott, was less diplomatic. "I came here to oppose the prevalent anti-Semitism we see all around us here," he said.

Education Minister Yuli Tamir condemned the British union's decision, saying she would address the British education minister on the matter.

The chairman of the Committee of University Heads, Professor Moshe Kaveh, called on British scientists to continue conducting joint projects with Israeli scientists. Tamara Traubmann contributed reporting.
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  1.   Reasonable parameters of a boycott 03:57  |  Tosefta 30/05/07
  2.   I hope Sudan ,Syria iran are next 04:10  |  Victor_The_Egyptian 30/05/07
  3.   boycott ENGLAND 04:12  |  ARIEH 30/05/07
  4.   UK BOYCOTTERS SERVINING INTENDED ARAB GENOCIDE AGAINST ISRAEL 05:18  |  "Real" UK Humanist 30/05/07
  5.   Boycott indeed...... 06:11  |  Esther 30/05/07
  6.   academic boycott 06:30  |  Shmuelshachor 30/05/07
  7.   if we can`t have dialogue in academia what is the point??? 06:37  |  Philly Jew 30/05/07
  8.   Hysteria in Britain like the 13th Century 07:30  |  Liliane 30/05/07
  9.   If UCU will boycott Israel, USA starts boycott UCU leaders. 07:55  |  Vittorio 30/05/07
  10.   British lecturers to vote on academic boycott of Israel 08:02  |  Galvin Templar 30/05/07
  11.   EU funds to Israel? 08:20  |  Leona 30/05/07
  12.   Boycott 08:48  |  Rachel Simson 30/05/07
  13.   Tip of the Iceberg 08:57  |  Natallie Durson 30/05/07
  14.   IF THESE GROUPS REPRESENT ENGLANDS FINEST... 09:22  |  SPTZ 30/05/07
  15.   #1, Tosefta 09:23  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 30/05/07
  16.   Let them boycott Israel 09:24  |  Nechama 30/05/07
  17.   Phony Academics 10:20  |  Connie 30/05/07
  18.   British Academic Boycott 10:20  |  Graeme Levin 30/05/07
  19.   I don`t understand all those "unions" and "associations" 10:26  |  S 30/05/07
  20.   Maybe Israel should do to UK what Iran did... 10:28  |  Stright 2 the point 30/05/07
  21.   the world should boycott isreal 10:30  |  samos 30/05/07
  22.   Same old Britain 10:35  |  Paul 30/05/07
  23.   Where is the original sin....??? 10:39  |  Swiss (Dino) 30/05/07
  24.   Boycott UK 10:39  |  Terence 30/05/07
  25.   Anti-Semites 10:39  |  Greg 30/05/07
  26.   GO TO HELL BRITISH 10:51  |  indrajaya 30/05/07
  27.   Joining the Arab dictatorships. 10:52  |  Colin. 30/05/07
  28.   Refusal to talk 10:56  |  sh 30/05/07
  29.   Britains academics. 11:02  |  David Nigel Braham 30/05/07
  30.   leona 11:06  |  Nina 30/05/07
  31.   Hang on a second 11:07  |  Vato Loco 30/05/07
  32.   Tosefta #1 and McCarthyism 11:11  |  Orwell 30/05/07
  33.   Why are leftists upset. They encourage the boycotts 11:14  |  Shlomo 30/05/07
  34.   Palestinian and Israeli universities should work together! 11:19  |  Suha 30/05/07
  35.   #23, Dino: "where is the original sin?" 11:26  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 30/05/07
  36.   )ther forms of cooperation should be cut off, not this one 11:28  |  tuairimiocht 30/05/07
  37.   Once again the automatic cry of anti-semitism 11:29  |  H50 30/05/07
  38.   SAMOSThe world should boycott Islamist" aparteid, theocratic, -- 11:33  |  PETER SM 30/05/07
  39.   "GO TO HELL BRITISH`Whassammata Indrajaya? angry? or just jelous 11:48  |  PETER SM 30/05/07
  40.   what would we do without British academics? 11:49  |  Josh Goldman 30/05/07
  41.   #11 Leona 11:50  |  D 30/05/07
  42.   #11 Leona and #30 Nina 11:52  |  D 30/05/07
  43.   Orwell - difference from McCarthyism 11:57  |  Josh Goldman 30/05/07
  44.   #39 Peter 11:58  |  D 30/05/07
  45.   # 39, PETER SM 12:03  |  indrajaya 30/05/07
  46.   DO THEY KNOW 12:06  |  JordanisPalestine 30/05/07
  47.   to all israel haters 12:13  |  brian epstein 30/05/07
  48.   to the enemy who tell us to retreat from the west bank 12:17  |  brian epstein 30/05/07
  49.   Boycott Israeli academia until Palestinian academics have freedom 12:17  |  Tarek 30/05/07
  50.   No more brittish stuff for me 12:18  |  Johnny 30/05/07
  51.   Birmingham and East London universities? 12:18  |  SystemF 30/05/07
  52.   Can we wait till after the England Brazil Game Please? 12:21  |  Ronnie Wolman 30/05/07
  53.   # 35 Cipora Julianna Kohn 12:29  |  Uriah Heep 30/05/07
  54.   EU funding of science 12:34  |  sellier 30/05/07
  55.   Sleep with dirty dogs you get fleas 12:36  |  Ariya Gothelf 30/05/07
  56.   Why do dogs Lick themselves? 12:40  |  FOX 30/05/07
  57.   # 32 Orwell 12:42  |  Swiss (Dino) 30/05/07
  58.   Singling out and factual lies 12:45  |  Dr Yoram S. 30/05/07
  59.   J.GOLDMAN.The Brit.accademics could focus on the whole picture 12:45  |  PETER SM 30/05/07
  60.   British VS iSRAELI BOYCOTT 12:52  |  Ralph 30/05/07
  61.   boycott NOW!!! 12:58  |  Rip Cohen 30/05/07
  62.   #26 Indrahaha sais something true 12:59  |  Hastaroth 30/05/07
  63.   tuairimiocht.do not be a hypocrit&look after your own interests 13:05  |  PETER SM 30/05/07
  64.   #40 Josh Goldman the self-hater in Jerusalem 13:12  |  Hastaroth 30/05/07
  65.   UCU bocott 13:24  |  Oxford student 30/05/07
  66.   Question 13:30  |  JustWondering 30/05/07
  67.   Labels 13:34  |  Paul 30/05/07
  68.   Hypocrisy, ignorance, bigotry 13:39  |  rich 30/05/07
  69.   British academics and Tatoos 13:40  |  FOX 30/05/07
  70.   3 get it 3! Not all of them! 13:45  |  Vato Loco 30/05/07
  71.   Swiss 13:46  |  Lynn 30/05/07
  72.   Universities located in Brighton, East London 13:50  |  Lynn 30/05/07
  73.   justwondering.the Pals are getting more aid than ever 13:58  |  PETER SM 30/05/07
  74.   #1 Tosefta 14:03  |  Lynn 30/05/07
  75.   Wrong Boycott 14:10  |  Walid 30/05/07
  76.   Cipora J. Kohn (#15) - I disagree 14:11  |  christoph 30/05/07
  77.   Pointless and hypocrite 14:14  |  Edith 30/05/07
  78.   Hypocritical British Academics 14:14  |  Mel Remson 30/05/07
  79.   #4, "real" uk humanist, sheer nonsense and no logic 14:15  |  VIPER 30/05/07
  80.   Sellier - dumb message 14:21  |  Josh Goldman 30/05/07
  81.   To be or not to be? that is the question 14:25  |  Chris Linthwaite 30/05/07
  82.   INDRAJAYA you are opressing the Papuans who do not want you 14:27  |  PETER SM 30/05/07
  83.   #72 Lynn 14:28  |  Chris Linthwaite 30/05/07
  84.   #51 SystemF 14:30  |  Chris Linthwaite 30/05/07
  85.   #57 Swiss Dino 14:33  |  Orwell 30/05/07
  86.   #75 Mel Remson 14:33  |  Chris Linthwaite 30/05/07
  87.   No. 66: Question by JustWondering 14:34  |  Suha 30/05/07
  88.   Smoke Screen 14:36  |  Zened 30/05/07
  89.   #68 Rich 14:38  |  Chris Linthwaite 30/05/07
  90.   #57 Swiss Dino 14:38  |  Orwell 30/05/07
  91.   Boycott education !?!? 14:41  |  Stranger 30/05/07
  92.   British are being Controlled By the Islamist Influence 14:45  |  max cohen 30/05/07
  93.   37H50 Weisman was friends with the erstwhile leader Jan Smuts of 14:54  |  lakshmi 30/05/07
  94.   #13 natallie do PEOPLE ROUND THE WORLD RECOGNISE 14:55  |  paul harris 30/05/07
  95.   The Oxford Student has a point: 14:59  |  Rufus 30/05/07
  96.   #92 Max Cohen 15:07  |  Chris Linthwaite 30/05/07
  97.   #74, Walid, totally agree; economic instead of academic 15:08  |  A Bethlehemite 30/05/07
  98.   josh, thanks for publicity 15:08  |  sellier 30/05/07
  99.   Boycott England, Hmmmm!! 15:08  |  AM 30/05/07
  100.   49Tareq is on target when he says that israeli academics should 15:10  |  lakshmi 30/05/07
  101.   Vote it DOWN, lest Britain enter the Dark Ages again 15:16  |  The Equalizer 30/05/07
  102.   # 71 Lynn 15:21  |  Swiss (Dino) 30/05/07
  103.   I LIVE HERE,I THINK THE BRITISH ESTABLISHMENT IS ANTISEMITIC 15:25  |  Ian 30/05/07
  104.   # 92, MAX COHEN 15:26  |  indrajaya 30/05/07
  105.   # 85 Orwell, are you a member of Scientology...??? 15:26  |  Swiss (Dino) 30/05/07
  106.   Boycotting Israel: Why Anglo countries? 15:26  |  Tosefta 30/05/07
  107.   #37 H50 Jews of different standing 15:32  |  AM 30/05/07
  108.   Walid: Soup de Jour 15:34  |  Ronnie Wolman 30/05/07
  109.   Tosefta: La La Land agrees with #106 15:40  |  Ronnie Wolman 30/05/07
  110.   Tosefta, it is not practical #1 15:40  |  Yaakov Sullivan 30/05/07
  111.   Martian`s logic (Bird from Outerspace #15) 15:48  |  Tosefta 30/05/07
  112.   to # 92 15:51  |  Vato Loco 30/05/07
  113.   #105 Swiss Dino 15:54  |  Orwell 30/05/07
  114.   Tosefta #106 15:54  |  DRORA 30/05/07
  115.   Brits Boycott 15:57  |  Harry 30/05/07
  116.   Chris Linthwaite #86 16:00  |  Mel Remson 30/05/07
  117.   # 108 Ronnie Wolman Angels and demons 16:10  |  Swiss (Dino) 30/05/07
  118.   Sellier - naivety to the max 16:12  |  Josh Goldman 30/05/07
  119.   Lynn #74; Please contact Logician of Haifa urgently 16:12  |  Tosefta 30/05/07
  120.   Oh dear oh dear 16:15  |  Mike 30/05/07
  121.   Shouldn`t Mr. Linthwaite stop posting? 16:18  |  Rufus 30/05/07
  122.   Walid #75 16:22  |  DRORA 30/05/07
  123.   Ronnie Wolman 16:22  |  Walid 30/05/07
  124.   # 113 Orwell, please, one last wish before the (bitter) end..... 16:29  |  Swiss (Dino) 30/05/07
  125.   #116 Mel Remson 16:30  |  Chris Linthwaite 30/05/07
  126.   josh goldman is post zionist 16:30  |  zody 30/05/07
  127.   Tosefta good morning America 16:35  |  FOX 30/05/07
  128.   # 108 Ronnie Wolman A correction 16:36  |  Swiss (Dino) 30/05/07
  129.   124 Swiss Dino 16:41  |  Orwell 30/05/07
  130.   #79 VIPER: AS I SAID, GO AND EDUCATE YOURSELF... 16:45  |  "Real" UK Humanist 30/05/07
  131.   Practicality (Y. Sullivan #110) 16:51  |  Tosefta 30/05/07
  132.   To Martin the Swiss 16:54  |  Rufus 30/05/07
  133.   josh goldman 16:55  |  brian epstein 30/05/07
  134.   Useless to boycott 16:56  |  Amoz 30/05/07
  135.   josh goldman i have no doubt that it is you who causes offence 16:56  |  brian epstein 30/05/07
  136.   Drora 16:58  |  Inigo Montoya 30/05/07
  137.   Economic boycott`s and economic boycotts 16:58  |  Jacob Blues 30/05/07
  138.   Sense and sensibility (Drora #114) 16:59  |  Tosefta 30/05/07
  139.   Drora 17:01  |  Walid 30/05/07
  140.   THE THOUGHT POLICE 17:05  |  FOX 30/05/07
  141.   THEY ALSO KILLED PRINCESS DIANA ! 17:05  |  Atilla Karagozoglu 30/05/07
  142.   Why don`t they vote for federation with Gaza and Pakistan? 17:06  |  Chick Corea 30/05/07
  143.   Ronnie from Wonderland #109 17:11  |  Tosefta 30/05/07
  144.   134# Amoz is in the other camp 17:11  |  zebulonguy 30/05/07
  145.   NO boycott 17:11  |  T A Sheppard 30/05/07
  146.   THE ROSE OF ENGLAND ! and The Jerk. 17:13  |  Atilla karagozoglu 30/05/07
  147.   Princess Diana died of.... 17:15  |  FOX 30/05/07
  148.   Not quite, Tosefta #131 17:16  |  Yaakov Sullivan 30/05/07
  149.   NO boycott (continued) 17:17  |  T A Sheppard 30/05/07
  150.   Charles The Jerk 17:17  |  Atilla Karagozoglu 30/05/07
  151.   Tosefta #138 17:17  |  DRORA 30/05/07
  152.   T A Sheppard - I agree 17:23  |  Suha 30/05/07
  153.   How many camps do we 17:25  |  T A Sheppard 30/05/07
  154.   Brian Epstein 17:25  |  Walid 30/05/07
  155.   Goodbye England`s ROSE ! Elton John 17:26  |  Atilla karagozoglu 30/05/07
  156.   # 132 Rufus 17:29  |  Swiss (Dino) 30/05/07
  157.   Orwell #32 17:29  |  Tosefta 30/05/07
  158.   Boycott Israeli universities????? 17:31  |  zebulonguy 30/05/07
  159.   Brit`s boycott 17:31  |  Moshe Tzion 30/05/07
  160.   UK Boycott 17:32  |  Michael T 30/05/07
  161.   Atilla Karagozoglu 17:36  |  CHGODMK 30/05/07
  162.   The real goal (Yaakov Sullivan #148) 17:39  |  Tosefta 30/05/07
  163.   #159 Moshe Tzion 17:43  |  Samual Smith 30/05/07
  164.   Inigo Montoya 17:47  |  Walid 30/05/07
  165.   CHGODMK 17:48  |  Atilla Karagozoglu 30/05/07
  166.   Wellcome to THE HELL :) 17:51  |  Atilla Karagozoglu 30/05/07
  167.   CHGODMK ! we all see you are British :) 17:55  |  Atilla karagozoglu 30/05/07
  168.   Yaacov stands tall for Bir-Zeit U 17:56  |  Jacob Blues 30/05/07
  169.   164# 17:57  |  zebulonguy 30/05/07
  170.   To Walid 17:57  |  Barry 30/05/07
  171.   Chris Linthwaite #125 18:02  |  Mel Remson 30/05/07
  172.   Tosefta and messages 18:02  |  Jacob Blues 30/05/07
  173.   Atilla karagozoglu 18:03  |  CHGODMK 30/05/07
  174.   Chris Linthwaite...here is my response 18:08  |  rich 30/05/07
  175.   CHGODMK, AND THE EMPIRE :) 18:15  |  Atilla Karagozoglu 30/05/07
  176.   Barry 18:16  |  Walid 30/05/07
  177.   Swiss dino 18:17  |  zebulonguy 30/05/07
  178.   Atilla karagozoglu: I Confess 18:19  |  CHGODMK 30/05/07
  179.   I`m going to tell you a story 18:19  |  manny.b 30/05/07
  180.   Who cares about the British? 18:21  |  Rose 30/05/07
  181.   Ynet & Haaretz ! two brothers 18:24  |  a.k. 30/05/07
  182.   Mr. Sullivan in New York 18:28  |  christoph 30/05/07
  183.   Favoritism Walid? 18:30  |  Jacob Blues 30/05/07
  184.   CHGODMK, you wanna know about THE KING ? 18:32  |  Atilla Karagozoglu 30/05/07
  185.   As for holy Yerushalyem, Walid 18:32  |  Jacob Blues 30/05/07
  186.   Publicity again. Josh! 18:33  |  sellier 30/05/07
  187.   1+1=1, where as 1=Israel 18:34  |  Shelly 30/05/07
  188.   To #174 18:36  |  Rose 30/05/07
  189.   to #174 part 2 18:39  |  Rose 30/05/07
  190.   boycott will harm dialogue? 18:39  |  Pssd Off American 30/05/07
  191.   #174 Rich 18:40  |  Chris Linthwaite 30/05/07
  192.   Atilla Karagozoglu: The King: NO! 18:43  |  CHGODMK 30/05/07
  193.   Josh Goldman is a fiction 18:47  |  rich 30/05/07
  194.   Jacob Blues on His Muslim Attack Again #185 18:47  |  Yaakov Sullivan 30/05/07
  195.   Suha 18:51  |  Alex 30/05/07
  196.   To Tosefta,Dino and Walid: I`ll have what Jacob Blues is having 18:51  |  Ronnie Wolman 30/05/07
  197.   Who cares about boycott! 18:54  |  Leo 30/05/07
  198.   Jacob Blues 18:55  |  Walid 30/05/07
  199.   #11 Funds to Israel 18:55  |  Rose 30/05/07
  200.   They will boycott Israel and GOD will boycott THEM! 19:01  |  Ephraim 30/05/07
  201.   THE SO CALL "humanitarian " INDRA 19:01  |  Willy 30/05/07
  202.   Jacob Blues 19:01  |  Walid 30/05/07
  203.   British Academic Boycott 19:07  |  Lolita Ora Zamir 30/05/07
  204.   Walid #198 19:08  |  GABE1 30/05/07
  205.   Publicity again, Josh! (sequel) 19:08  |  sellier 30/05/07
  206.   104# indra 19:09  |  Sammy 30/05/07
  207.   Misinformation on Temple Mount 19:13  |  Inigo Montoya 30/05/07
  208.   Chris Linthwaite 19:16  |  rich 30/05/07
  209.   Walid 19:19  |  Inigo Montoya 30/05/07
  210.   # 208 Rich 19:21  |  Chris Linthwaite 30/05/07
  211.   To Walid 19:23  |  Rose 30/05/07
  212.   # 177 zebulonguy 19:24  |  Swiss (Dino) 30/05/07
  213.   # 196 Ronnie Wolman 19:26  |  Swiss (Dino) 30/05/07
  214.   To 203/ Lolita Omar Zamir 19:27  |  Lena 30/05/07
  215.   Walid and BOREDOM 19:34  |  GABE! 30/05/07
  216.   Inigo Montoya on the Temple Mount 19:34  |  Yaakov Sullivan 30/05/07
  217.   Ah Walid, a good debater you are, but a mind reader, not yet 19:35  |  Jacob Blues 30/05/07
  218.   Dino: Qassams on Lake Leman 19:36  |  Ronnie Wolman 30/05/07
  219.   So now boycott is unacceptable? 19:37  |  Hubris = disaster 30/05/07
  220.   British academics against academic freedom 19:38  |  Rachel 30/05/07
  221.   U.K. union boss. 19:39  |  David Nigel Braham 30/05/07
  222.   Yaacov S.` response to Inigo Montoya`s post 19:40  |  Jacob Blues 30/05/07
  223.   This boycott will succeed like Bill O`Reilly`s boycott of France! 19:40  |  Toronto`s Finest 30/05/07
  224.   216 Temple Mount 19:56  |  Inigo Montoya 30/05/07
  225.   tORONTO #223 20:03  |  FOX 30/05/07
  226.   #204 Gabe 20:04  |  tad 30/05/07
  227.   British Piles 20:08  |  Joan Stuchner 30/05/07
  228.   swissman "i would expect israel to dismantle the settlements" 20:08  |  brian epstein 30/05/07
  229.   sheikh hassan tosefta 20:14  |  yirmiyahu 30/05/07
  230.   boycott 20:16  |  colin 30/05/07
  231.   Great News for Tossi and Sullivan 20:17  |  FOX 30/05/07
  232.   # 19 S...DON`T YOU THINK??? 20:18  |  Kath` 30/05/07
  233.   not much i can do but just switched my trip to England and 20:28  |  Pssd off American. 30/05/07
  234.   Acvademic fear for their jobs 20:33  |  Sunny Barkats 30/05/07
  235.   Leona is right 20:35  |  christa 30/05/07
  236.   # 218 Ronnie Wolman I know it`s not easy....... 20:38  |  Swiss (Dino) 30/05/07
  237.   Israel Should Pay Attention!!!!! 20:40  |  Markus 30/05/07
  238.   Paul Harris` Post #94 20:40  |  Double Click 30/05/07
  239.   To Natallie Durson 20:41  |  christa 30/05/07
  240.   Boycott/shmoycoutt/goycott 20:41  |  Zvi 30/05/07
  241.   To Brian Epstein 20:43  |  christa 30/05/07
  242.   All jews must now Bycott British Universities! 20:43  |  Abu Yusuf 30/05/07
  243.   yaakov sullivan..what about arabs on temple mount throwing rocks? 20:45  |  SHIMON 30/05/07
  244.   # 219, you have a very good point 20:45  |  christa 30/05/07
  245.   SICKENING!! 20:46  |  Steven 30/05/07
  246.   Rose 20:47  |  Walid 30/05/07
  247.   #235 "Money to Israel" 20:48  |  Rose 30/05/07
  248.   christa mel gibson got it wrong 20:51  |  brian epstein 30/05/07
  249.   are these brittish idiots boycotting terrorists or just freedom?? 20:53  |  SHIMON 30/05/07
  250.   Swiss 20:53  |  Lynn 30/05/07
  251.   This is bad news 20:54  |  Michael Korn 30/05/07
  252.   concidering israeli acheivements, only brittain loses from this 20:54  |  SHIMON 30/05/07
  253.   We Need More Weinbergs ! 20:55  |  Tod Zuckerman 30/05/07
  254.   Leona: funds are shared, not diverted 20:55  |  sellier 30/05/07
  255.   `Yaakov` Sullivan 20:56  |  Zkharya 30/05/07
  256.   Britain boycott 20:57  |  Mitch Charles 30/05/07
  257.   confusion between Leona and Christa 20:58  |  sellier 30/05/07
  258.   Embarrassment 20:59  |  Stephen J 30/05/07
  259.   to pssed off american 21:00  |  vato loco 30/05/07
  260.   Jacob Blues 21:02  |  Walid 30/05/07
  261.   Good News 21:03  |  Clickfan 30/05/07
  262.   I will never spend another dime on anything British. 21:06  |  Mea 30/05/07
  263.   uk union backs boycott 21:08  |  Shmuelshachor 30/05/07
  264.   US Jewish Academics and 21:08  |  rich 30/05/07
  265.   Thx Walid 21:09  |  Rose 30/05/07
  266.   # 245 Steven. SICKENING INDEED.AND ANOTHER ONE FOR ME TO CHALK .. 21:12  |  Kath` 30/05/07
  267.   Gabe 21:12  |  Walid 30/05/07
  268.   Fine. Israel should refuse to share any future research w/British 21:12  |  Mea 30/05/07
  269.   # 250 Lynn 21:12  |  Swiss (Dino) 30/05/07
  270.   Jews Must Boycott British Academia 21:13  |  Dyinglikeflies 30/05/07
  271.   Zkharya and his Arab name #255 21:13  |  Yaakov Sullivan 30/05/07
  272.   Ronnie Wolman/Swiss (Dino) 21:14  |  Walid 30/05/07
  273.   #49 Tarek Palestinian academic freedom 21:16  |  JW 30/05/07
  274.   Tarek #49 21:17  |  Jane 30/05/07
  275.   # 221 David Nijel Braham. U.K .union boss.OOOH David!! 21:18  |  Kath` 30/05/07
  276.   Fruits of incompetence and apathy 21:18  |  Fairplay 30/05/07
  277.   Shame on you, Brits, shame on you!!! 21:19  |  Avihu 30/05/07
  278.   Jewish Boycott of so called British Academics 21:19  |  Efox 30/05/07
  279.   "Intellectual luminaries" oppose boycott; third-rate types favor 21:20  |  Oakeshott 30/05/07
  280.   Gabe 21:20  |  Walid 30/05/07
  281.   Sullivan, the one who does not recognize Israel`s right to exist, 21:23  |  Leah 30/05/07
  282.   British double standards 21:24  |  David 30/05/07
  283.   Muslim Appeasement 21:26  |  Ron Erez 30/05/07
  284.   Shame CBC and the like 21:29  |  Maurice Garzon 30/05/07
  285.   # 245 Steven. Thanks, Israel`s loss will be Britain`s gain. 21:29  |  Toronto`s Finest 30/05/07
  286.   British Academic Boycott of Israel 21:30  |  Mitchell 30/05/07
  287.   International Jewish scholar boycott on GB 21:30  |  david 30/05/07
  288.   Walid, Palestinian "refugees" reside in Lebanon because they and 21:30  |  Leah 30/05/07
  289.   Britain`s Powerless Unions 21:32  |  sam 30/05/07
  290.   Make the boycott real (if you can) 21:33  |  sellier 30/05/07
  291.   # 7 Philly Jew.Very well said.Boycotts are dumb! 21:34  |  Toronto`s Finest 30/05/07
  292.   Abu Yusuf - No, just jews 21:35  |  Abu Mandd ANdm M Ala 30/05/07
  293.   Most American Jewish Academics Agree with UK 21:37  |  Profs. 30/05/07
  294.   comment 21:37  |  morgan hawley 30/05/07
  295.   UK will suffer eventfully...Union can go to hell. 21:38  |  x 30/05/07
  296.   Leah, back to your facts for all to see #262 21:38  |  Yaakov Sullivan 30/05/07
  297.   #103 Ian 21:40  |  Warren 30/05/07
  298.   # 103 Ian.YOU LIVE HER,ETC,ETC.FURTHERMORE... 21:40  |  Kath` 30/05/07
  299.   Disgrace 21:41  |  Sherlock Holmes 30/05/07
  300.   Muslim Money + Intellectual Prostitution = Academic Boycott 21:41  |  Sheikh Alibaba &158 30/05/07
  301.   Good Start 21:43  |  Mike 30/05/07
  302.   Shameful Vote 21:44  |  Gina 30/05/07
  303.   Arabs, Don`t distroy our Univs, build your own! 21:44  |  Adrian 30/05/07
  304.   As a Brit, I advise Israelis to.... 21:47  |  SystemF 30/05/07
  305.   Lynn # 250 re: the Swiss 21:47  |  Gina 30/05/07
  306.   union boycott 21:47  |  Jack 30/05/07
  307.   Ron Erez, right, Muslim appeasement #264 21:48  |  Yaakov Sullivan 30/05/07
  308.   # 106 Tosefta.Boycotting Israel...AND ON AND ON.. 21:48  |  Kath` 30/05/07
  309.   Tosefta #1 - targeted boycots as effective as 21:49  |  dana 30/05/07
  310.   #207 Inigo.You are not telling the truth about the Waqf 21:51  |  Toronto`s Finest 30/05/07
  311.   Leah 21:54  |  Walid 30/05/07
  312.   400,000 "palestinian refugees" 21:55  |  Shmuelshachor 30/05/07
  313.   Esther from TA,Israel-haters don`t need you anymore,you may go 21:57  |  Absolute Sweden 30/05/07
  314.   UK BOYCOTTERS - REMEMBER EXODUS 21:57  |  DANNY KATS 30/05/07
  315.   Boycott the UK for the occupation of Northern Ireland 21:58  |  Jecheskel 30/05/07
  316.   JustWondering #66 - Good question 21:58  |  dana 30/05/07
  317.   #266 Toronto 21:59  |  Steven 30/05/07
  318.   #34 Suha 22:02  |  Lynn 30/05/07
  319.   #119 Tosefta 22:07  |  Lynn 30/05/07
  320.   HOLD IT! --tracing boycott crap to its source, we find: ABBAS` PA 22:08  |  Dr. L. Brnd 30/05/07
  321.   support for israeli colleagues 22:14  |  dr.david wolgroch 30/05/07
  322.   #11 Leona 22:14  |  * BEN JABO 30/05/07
  323.   This is a sad day. 22:17  |  sg 30/05/07
  324.   #26 Indrajaya - feel free 22:18  |  * BEN JABO 30/05/07
  325.   #29 British never got over the fact 22:20  |  * BEN JABO 30/05/07
  326.   Jecheskel on the Northern Irish #276 22:20  |  Yaakov Sullivan 30/05/07
  327.   #269 - Leah Addresses Walid 22:21  |  Double Click 30/05/07
  328.   Uk boycott - cooperation with Israel 22:23  |  Bernd 30/05/07
  329.   Brits are still trying to figure out 22:23  |  * BEN JABO 30/05/07
  330.   Just like her Brit counterparts the Nazi Academia required 22:23  |  Absolute Sweden 30/05/07
  331.   Well Done UCU! 22:25  |  Saul 30/05/07
  332.   Whom to boycott (Lynn #279) 22:26  |  Logician 30/05/07
  333.   Hope for the OK on Exams for UK Politics 22:26  |  CM 30/05/07
  334.   UK AKADEMIKS 22:28  |  YEHUDA 30/05/07
  335.   we have survived much, much worse than this 22:30  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 30/05/07
  336.   Israel third worst country on Global Peace Index 22:31  |  Stefan 30/05/07
  337.   BOYCOTTING ISRAEL OVER OTHER COUNTRIES ANTISEMITIC & ANTISEMITIC 22:31  |  BUNCHA KOOKS 30/05/07
  338.   About British Politburo 22:36  |  CM 30/05/07
  339.   to Jecheskel 22:38  |  vato loco 30/05/07
  340.   #34 Suha 22:40  |  CM 30/05/07
  341.   Leftwing equals undereducated and misinformed? 22:42  |  Johnny 30/05/07
  342.   Why Does This Remind Me Of British History? 22:45  |  Me 30/05/07
  343.   The kettle calling 22:45  |  Dr David I. Gross 30/05/07
  344.   The kettle calling 22:45  |  Dr David I. Gross 30/05/07
  345.   When Shakespeare is taught in a Paki madrassa 22:46  |  Chick Corea 30/05/07
  346.   Right decision 22:47  |  AM 30/05/07
  347.   IRRATIONAL BOYCOTT OF JEWS IS EXACTLY HOW HITLER & NAZIS STARTED. 22:52  |  Ben 30/05/07
  348.   Steven leaves UK for Israel 22:52  |  wibism 30/05/07
  349.   Shakespeare trivia 22:54  |  Merchant of Venice 30/05/07
  350.   Tosefta grovels again 22:56  |  Danite 30/05/07
  351.   Boycotting Whom Again? 22:57  |  Jabotinsky 30/05/07
  352.   Message to Israel..stifle Pals and we`ll stifle you 22:59  |  Tim 30/05/07
  353.   "yaakov and Tosefta" 22:59  |  Danite 30/05/07
  354.   Saychel Achshav 22:59  |  D.R. Zukerman 30/05/07
  355.   About brilliant Israelis: Yes, the Soviet Union had good schools 23:01  |  Andreas 30/05/07
  356.   JEWISH SCHOLARS WORLDWIDE Take note 23:02  |  JonathanInTelAviv 30/05/07
  357.   WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE 5/30 TERRORIST HIJACKING OF UK UNI`s 23:07  |  TRUE BRIT 30/05/07
  358.   Re: #55 Ariya Gothelf 23:12  |  Guy From NYC 30/05/07
  359.   in their face hard so they think pal universities are free of rac 23:13  |  ralph 30/05/07
  360.   Markus: Better to be Boycotted Than Dead 23:15  |  Brad 30/05/07
  361.   Two things 23:16  |  H50 30/05/07
  362.   Boycotting Israel while Dafur Burns 23:16  |  Daniel 30/05/07
  363.   LET EVERYBODY BOYCOTT ISRAEL (1) 23:17  |  PJ 30/05/07
  364.   LET EVERYBODY BOYCOTT ISRAEL (2) 23:19  |  PJ 30/05/07
  365.   muslum UK 23:20  |  Igor D. 30/05/07
  366.   Be Careful 23:21  |  Richard 30/05/07
  367.   To sellier from Lyon 23:21  |  christa 30/05/07
  368.   LET EVERYBODY BOYCOTT ISRAEL (3) 23:23  |  PJ 30/05/07
  369.   That`s it! I am boycotting Britain 23:23  |  Arnon 30/05/07
  370.   Israel Haters 23:25  |  Clark 30/05/07
  371.   LET EVERYBODY BOYCOTT ISRAEL (4) 23:25  |  PJ 30/05/07
  372.   to Chris Linthwaite#83 23:26  |  Ilya 30/05/07
  373.   Antiemetic/Antisemitic 23:28  |  Phillipe Theodosius 30/05/07
  374.   U.K. union backs calls for boycott of Israel academy 23:28  |  Heather 30/05/07
  375.   LET EVERYBODY BOYCOTT ISRAEL (4) 23:32  |  PJ 30/05/07
  376.   Shmuelshachor 23:33  |  christa 30/05/07
  377.   To Tarek in Beantown 23:34  |  B`Galil 30/05/07
  378.   As a British trade unionist for forty years.... 23:35  |  Arthur Scargill 30/05/07
  379.   "Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee." 23:37  |  bat yam 30/05/07
  380.   NOT IN MY NAME 23:43  |  David 30/05/07
  381.   Academic boycott + BBC boycott= 23:44  |  Avrum 30/05/07
  382.   Damned Hypocrites 23:45  |  Jabotinsky 30/05/07
  383.   boycott palestine 23:46  |  Shlomo Yaros 30/05/07
  384.   SO THERE ARE MANY JEWHATERS IN UK! 23:46  |  tony 30/05/07
  385.   Union boycott 23:47  |  John Phee 30/05/07
  386.   Whom to boycott (Lynn #279) 23:47  |  Tosefta 30/05/07
  387.   #137 Ben`s complaints 23:48  |  Tosefta 30/05/07
  388.   Where have you gone emma peel? 23:50  |  Michael Korn 30/05/07
  389.   Why the British obsession 23:52  |  JW 30/05/07
  390.   What we have here 23:54  |  Ron 30/05/07
  391.   First they came for... 23:54  |  Jabotinsky 30/05/07
  392.   Brits expelled the Jews 350 years ago..They`re at it again!! 23:54  |  lanthis 30/05/07
  393.   # 245 Steven. JUST DO AS YOU LIKE.READ ON IF... 23:55  |  Kath` 30/05/07
  394.   Wrong Priorities 23:57  |  Alex 30/05/07
  395.   BOYCOTT ISRAEL 23:57  |  ACSMAN 30/05/07
  396.   pj 23:57  |  alan 30/05/07
  397.   #287 Apologist Danite the comprehension-challenged, III 00:00  |  Tosefta 31/05/07
  398.   # 303 B`Galil. ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS:MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING... 00:01  |  Kath` 31/05/07
  399.   boycott 00:04  |  vincent 31/05/07
  400.   Well, obviously Britain is not lost completely. 00:06  |  Andreas 31/05/07
  401.   # 22 SAME OLD BRITAIN 00:08  |  ACSMAN 31/05/07
  402.   The moral implications of UCU decision 00:08  |  KUTW 31/05/07
  403.   Islamist-Jihadists and Antisemites 00:08  |  Brod 31/05/07
  404.   Michael Korn asks where Emma .... 00:10  |  Ttocyob 31/05/07
  405.   The only good brit is a dead one? 00:13  |  Shalom Kolodny 31/05/07
  406.   These same `academics` don`t want to check on terrorists 00:13  |  Paul Henzen 31/05/07
  407.   UK Boycott 00:13