UK's national student union votes to back flotilla, build links with Islamic University of Gaza

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From the Jewish Chronicle

A motion, agreed by NUS executive officers on Tuesday, pledged to send British students on future flotillas to Gaza, build links with the Hamas-backed Islamic University of Gaza, twin British student unions with Palestinian universities, and called for the right to return for all Palestinian refugees.

The Union of Jewish Students and the Board of Deputies called on NUS president Aaron Porter to "immediately revoke the policy" and "return to the mainstream of student politics".

An NUS spokesman said Mr Porter and the union stood by the executive committee's decision and declined to comment further.

The motion was due to be discussed at the NUS national conference last month, but delegates agreed it should be resolved by the executive committee. It was passed at the committee's meeting after just 20 minutes of debate. Mr Porter did not vote as he was chairing the meeting.

A member of NUS's Black Students' Committee led the argument in favour of the motion, backed by students from nine universities including SOAS, Essex, Sussex and Bradford...

...Kanja Sesay, NUS Black Students' Officer, said: "It is a victory that NUS is finally standing in solidarity with the Palestinians and supporting their freedom. Winning this policy has been a long struggle."

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign said the new NUS policy was a "victory for tens of thousands of students" and said it looked forward to working with the union to implement it.

The University of London Union - Europe's biggest student union - voted on Wednesday to adopt a full boycott, divestment and sanctions policy against Israel.more

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