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British TUC to debate proposal for a full boycott of Israeli goods

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The Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) has proposed a resolution to be debated at next month’s annual conference of the British Trades Union Congress calling for a full boycott of Israeli goods.
At last year’s conference, the TUC voted in support of a boycott of goods produced in the Jewish settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories but refrained from calling for a full boycott.
However, last year’s TUC resolution did call for unions to affiliate to the pro-Hamas Palestine Solidarity Campaign which promotes a complete boycott of Israel.
Here is the full text of the proposed resolution:
Congress condemns the Israeli blockades of the Palestinian territories, particularly the Gaza strip where there is a severe and ongoing deterioration in the living conditions of those living there.
The actions of the Israeli military, under the orders of their Government, in mounting a deadly assault on activists on the Mavi Marmara and other ships seeking to take humanitarian aid
to Gaza is particularly condemned.
Congress believes that the effective annexation of massive swathes of land by Israel in defiance of international law, using walls and checkpoints and destroying Palestinian homes in the process, is a deliberate strategy to undermine the viability of the West Bank and thereby the potential for an independent Palestinian state.
Congress calls on the UK Government and the EU to take much stronger political steps to
ensure Israel abides by UN resolutions.
Congress instructs the General Council to organise and support a boycott of Israeli goods, especially agricultural products that have been produced in illegal settlements in the West Bank,
and to encourage affiliates and employers to cease investment in Israel.
Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association

Congress condemns the Israeli blockades of the Palestinian territories, particularly the Gaza strip where there is a severe and ongoing deterioration in the living conditions of those living there.
The actions of the Israeli military, under the orders of their Government, in mounting a deadly assault on activists on the Mavi Marmara and other ships seeking to take humanitarian aid
to Gaza is particularly condemned.
Congress believes that the effective annexation of massive swathes of land by Israel in defiance of international law, using walls and checkpoints and destroying Palestinian homes in the process, is a deliberate strategy to undermine the viability of the West Bank and thereby the potential for an independent Palestinian state.
Congress calls on the UK Government and the EU to take much stronger political steps to
ensure Israel abides by UN resolutions.
Congress instructs the General Council to organise and support a boycott of Israeli goods, especially agricultural products that have been produced in illegal settlements in the West Bank,
and to encourage affiliates and employers to cease investment in Israel.