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.
