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The board of Universities U.K. issued a statement on Wednesday rejecting academic boycotts on the grounds that “they are inimical to academic freedom, including the freedom of academics to collaborate with other academics.”
“Given the reported perception in Israel that U.K. universities support an academic boycott, the board of Universities U.K. wishes to confirm its previously stated position that it is firmly opposed to any academic boycott of Israeli universities,” says the statement from the major presidential association for universities in the United Kingdom.
The Universities U.K. statement came a day after the executive council of the U.K.-wide National Union of Students voted to affiliate itself with the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel, as The Telegraph and various Israeli news agencies reported.
