Academic Boycott of Israel launched
saleh on December 4th, 2004Tomorrow (sunday 5th december) academics begin a campaign to break links with Israeli universities, the start of the campaign will be marked by a conference held at the London University School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
The campaign coordinator, Professor Hilary Rose, said that it marked a substantial escalation of the boycott movement.
The campaign committee has drawn up a manifesto calling on academics to break links with Israel by refusing to work with Israeli institutions, referee academic papers, grant applications or attend conferences.
