The British National Union of Students announces a boycott of what it calls companies violating human rights, support of the global Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment program, and a call on the British Parliament to stop arms sales to Israel.
The NUS announcement is declarative in nature since it has little actual influence outside university campuses.
According to the Jewish Chronicle, the proposal was passed with 19 votes for, four against and one abstention on Tuesday at a meeting of the NUS National Executive Council, which is made up of elected NUS representatives.
Motion 518a, titled Solidarity with Palestine: Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions, was put forward by the School of Oriental and African Studies students union in London.
