The Guardian: Oxford academics voice hostility on boycott
This article was corrected on Monday July 2 2007
In this article we said that UCU delegates voted for “a comprehensive and consistent boycott of all Israeli academic institutions, as called for by Palestinian trade unions in response to Israel’s ’40-year occupation’ of Palestinian land”. This should have said that delegates voted for “the circulation to all branches and local associations of the boycott call from a Palestinian trade union organisation ‘for information and discussion'”. This has been corrected.
Oxford University academics have voted overwhelmingly to call a ballot on whether to boycott Israeli universities and expressed opposition to the general value of boycotts.
The University and College Union sparked international controversy last month when members voted to debate the possibility of boycotting Israeli academics at their annual conference.
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