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A referendum to support the boycott of Israeli academic institutions at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, passed with a 73 percent majority. Organizers of the referendum said Friday that 2,056 total votes were cast in the school-wide referendum, which was proposed by the Students' Union and open to students, faculty, nonacademic employees, university governors and outsourced workers, such as cleaning and security staff.
SOAS has ties with Hebrew University of Jerusalem. SOAS’s media relations office did not respond to a request for comment over the weekend.
The SOAS referendum follows a series of votes by scholarly associations to support the academic boycott of Israel, including a Dec. 2013 vote by the American Studies Association. In February, members of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) approved a resolution that, while not taking a position on the merits of the boycott itself, urged the association to “provide platforms for a sustained discussion of the academic boycott and foster careful consideration of an appropriate position for MESA to assume.”
