Students at the University of Sussex voted overwhelmingly in support of their student union being part of the BDS movement. In a referendum held across the campus, 806 students voted in favor of BDS compared to just 373 votes against.
The students vowed to boycott Israeli products at on campus shops. Sussex students had followed the policy since 2009.
"Of course one student decision won’t make a big difference but this is just the latest in a whole series of such decision by students and students are often like a vanguard, they recognize sooner and react more strongly and the rest of the population are likely to follow on", Jonathan Rosenhead, a University Professor and Commentator told Press TV.
The latest referendum will allow the student union to step up its campaigning against the contract between the University of Sussex and a French multinational company involved in Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.
“Students at Sussex were horrified at Israel’s massacre of Palestinians in Gaza last summer,” Kareem, a Palestinian student involved in the BDS campaign said. Full story...
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The students vowed to boycott Israeli products at on campus shops. Sussex students had followed the policy since 2009.
"Of course one student decision won’t make a big difference but this is just the latest in a whole series of such decision by students and students are often like a vanguard, they recognize sooner and react more strongly and the rest of the population are likely to follow on", Jonathan Rosenhead, a University Professor and Commentator told Press TV.
The latest referendum will allow the student union to step up its campaigning against the contract between the University of Sussex and a French multinational company involved in Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.
“Students at Sussex were horrified at Israel’s massacre of Palestinians in Gaza last summer,” Kareem, a Palestinian student involved in the BDS campaign said. Full story...
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