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The National Union of Students (NUS) in Britain is under fire after declaring it would “stand in solidarity” with activists planning to smear Israel as an “apartheid state” next month, the UK-based Jewish Chronicle reports.
The annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), which begins on March 21, has been widely criticized for intimidating Jewish students and stifling reasoned debate about the Middle East. The NUS has supported it in the past.
Israeli Apartheid Week is a campaign of anti-Israel propaganda funded by the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which aims to put international pressure on Israel to submit to the demands of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.
Nina Freedman, President of the Union of Jewish Students, said it was disappointing that the students’ union had again backed IAW, adding, “NUS have placed themselves in a position of division not dialogue.”
“Israel Apartheid Week is a divisive and confrontational tool used to damage and polarize communities, rather than building consensus and co-operation around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We see year on year that it creates a hostile environment on campus and online for Jewish Students,” she added, according to the Jewish Chronicle.
(full article online)
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The annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), which begins on March 21, has been widely criticized for intimidating Jewish students and stifling reasoned debate about the Middle East. The NUS has supported it in the past.
Israeli Apartheid Week is a campaign of anti-Israel propaganda funded by the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which aims to put international pressure on Israel to submit to the demands of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.
Nina Freedman, President of the Union of Jewish Students, said it was disappointing that the students’ union had again backed IAW, adding, “NUS have placed themselves in a position of division not dialogue.”
“Israel Apartheid Week is a divisive and confrontational tool used to damage and polarize communities, rather than building consensus and co-operation around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We see year on year that it creates a hostile environment on campus and online for Jewish Students,” she added, according to the Jewish Chronicle.
(full article online)

Britain: Student union under fire over support for Israeli Apartheid Week
National Union of Students criticized after declaring it would “stand in solidarity” with those taking part in BDS-supported Israeli Apartheid Week.
