Toronto’s York University’s undergraduate students’ union overwhelmingly passed a resolution to endorse the BDS campaign against Israel.
By Elad Benari
One of the largest student unions in Canada has passed a resolution to endorse the Global Campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel.
Last week, York University’s undergraduate students’ union, the York Federation of Students, voted overwhelmingly in favor of the resolution, according to a statement by the group “Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) York.”
The statement said that with 18 votes in favor and 2 opposed, the board of the York Federation of Students passed the resolution to endorse the BDS campaign, as well as demand that York University abide by the BDS call. Continue Reading »