Why boycott Israeli military research?
The recent assault on Gaza has seen the total destruction of the Palestinian educational system. The Israeli military has bombed numerous universities and schools. On January 7, 2009, Israeli forces killed over 40 Palestinian civilians who had taken shelter in a United Nations school. The aim of the motion boycott is to put pressure on Israel to fully comply with international law, by cutting off research support and Ontario connections to those institutions involved in the oppression of the Palestinian people. The call for a boycott of academic institutions is part of a broader campaign of Israeli boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) that CUPE Ontario had already approved in 2006. What is the call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS)? In 2005, over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations, including the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU), urged the world to adopt a campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israeli institutions. This campaig
