The UK's National Union of Students passed a motion yesterday to join worldwide efforts to boycott Israel due to its violations of Palestinian human rights. The motion aligns the union with the Palestinian-backed Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, the Times of Israel website reports today (June 3, 2015).
The NUC's Executive Council passed the motion -- called "Justice for Palestine" -- with 19 members voting in favor, 12 against, and three abstaining.
The motion also called on the British Parliament to stop arms sales to Israel. The NUC is the UK's umbrella student organization for some 600 higher education institutions representing 7 million students.
The motion "condemns Israeli military presence in the West Bank and Gaza," and calls on students to "co-ordinate a nationwide student day of action to commemorate UN Palestine Solidarity Day on 29 November."
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