The British NUS has long opposed BDS but in a dramatic reversal of
policy it has agreed that it would support local student unions who
“impose sanctions on Israel” and it would “support campaigns
to boycott Israeli products on their university campuses.”
An NUS spokesperson said: “The motion passed by our national executive
council commits us to ensuring that, as far as is practical, NUS does
not employ or work with companies identified as facilitating Israel’s
military capacity, human rights abuses or illegal settlement activity,
and to actively work to cut ties with those that do.”
Report
of decision in Jewish Chronicle