Pro-Israel students at Edinburgh University are fighting to prevent a boycott motion being passed by their student union.
A Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) motion against Israel will be voted on at a council meeting of Edinburgh University Student Association on Thursday night.
The motion, proposed by the Students for Justice in Palestine society, would prevent the union from selling any products produced within “occupied Palestinian territories” and call on sabbatical officers to lobby the university to endorse a similar policy.
Political vice-president of the Israel engagement society Theo Robertson-Bonds said members of his society and the Jewish society had been campaigning on social media and handing out leaflets.
“It is a marginal vote,” he said, and added that the outlook was “quite promising. If we could do it or get it close I would be proud regardless”.
Only around 250 students will be able to vote due to the capacity of the room where the meeting is held. Voting is due to be done through a ballot and results are likely to be announced on Friday.
An attempt to pass a BDS policy last year failed. However the union has previously endorsed a BDS policy.
