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UK teachers call for boycott of Israel

ScienceNow: Britain's largest university union opted to go out with a bang yesterday when it urged its 67,000 members to consider boycotting individuals and institutions "that do not publicly dissociate themselves" from Israel's policies toward Palestinians. Scientific leaders around the world strongly condemned the union's action, which the union's own executive officer had advised against.

Posted by Jenny Corrado on May 31, 2006 10:56 AM |

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