The Jew-haters who run Britain’s AUT have voted to boycott Israeli universities: Israel universities - statement by AUT general secretary Sally Hunt. (Hat tip: Jonny.)

AUT Council today decided to boycott Haifa University and the Bar-Ilan University. The executive committee will issue guidance to AUT members on these decisions.

Council delegates also referred a call to boycott the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the executive committee will investigate the background to this and will report in due course.

Council delegates also agreed to circulate to all local associations a statement from Palestinian organisations calling for an academic boycott of Israeli institutions.

It’s a triumph for Dark Ages antisemitism, perpetrated by learned people consumed by unreasoning hatred, and a sad, sad day for British academia.

UPDATE at 4/22/05 9:25:52 am:

Note that these bigots are not only boycotting Israeli universities, they are openly aligning themselves with Palestinian “organizations” and distributing propaganda for them.

But they seem to have no trouble with Palestinian schools like this, schools that shouldn’t be simply boycotted, but razed to the ground: The University of Death.

Here’s more on this foulness masquerading as a center of learning: Nablus’ Al-Najah University. (Hat tip: Ringo.)