[Marxism] British Journalists Vote to Boycott Israeli Goods

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World Briefing | Europe - NY Times   
By _ALAN COWELL_ 
(http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/alan_cowell/index.html?inline=nyt-per)
 
Published: April 17, 2007
 
_Britain_ 
(http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/unitedkingdom/index.html?inline=nyt-geo)
 âs biggest journalists union, 
the 40,000-member National Union of Journalists, has voted in favor of a 
boycott of Israeli goods, citing what it called _Israel_ 
(http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/israel/index.html?inline=nyt-ge
o) âs âmilitary adventures.â The measure, approved by a vote of 66 to 54 
at 
the unionâs annual delegates meeting on Friday, called for âa boycott of 
Israeli goods similar to those boycotts in the struggles against apartheid in 
South Africa.â The timing was particularly delicate because a BBC journalist, 
Alan 
Johnston, has been held for over a month in Gaza. A Palestinian group claimed 
on Sunday to have killed Mr. Johnston, but the BBC said it was treating the 
report as a rumor. The unionâs Web site says that the delegates criticized 
Palestinian authorities for failing âto carry out their promises to do all 
they 
can to free Alan.â Last year, the largest British university teachersâ 
association voted to encourage individual academics in Britain to sever 
professional 
contact with their counterparts in Israel.



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