Students from 30 UK Universities Protest against Investment in Israeli Occupation

An activist holds a sign calling for the boycott of Israel. (Photo: Anne Paq, via Activestills.org)

Hundreds of students from over 30 UK universities protested against their institutions’ complicity in Israel’s violations of human rights yesterday.

The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC) called for the action to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People as part of its “Apartheid Off Campus” campaign, which seeks to highlight how universities’ investment and partnership policies tacitly support and enable Israel’s ongoing violations of international law and human rights.

Chair of KCL Action Palestine Society Zobia Shahid said:

“We’re joining thousands of students across the UK taking action today because we believe students should have a say in the investments and partnerships made by their universities, and we do not want those links to contribute to the ongoing oppression of Palestinian people.”

She added:

“At KCL, we’ve just launched a campaign against the university’s links with the Technion which has helped create machines which destroy Palestinian homes. We will not accept this happening in our name.”

Huda Ammori, campaigns officer at the PSC, said:

“Despite most institutions holding ‘social responsibility policies’ which often include restrictions on investing in companies who conduct business which leads to human rights violations, UK universities remain deeply complicit with Israel’s crimes against Palestinians. In the face of such blatant hypocrisy by UK universities, students are doing vital work holding their institutions to account and demanding they live up to their word.”

Actions include rallies, marches, and banner drops, as well as a range of creative actions such as the construction of a Separation Wall and staging a die in.

(MEMO, PC, Social Media)

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