This is good news, hopefully a precedent to end this shameful chapter with all Unions & malicious discriminators who propose such motions. Congratulations & respect to all those who got out of their armchairs & supported the anti boycott campaign so successfully.

=weaselese for "after realizing that a true boycott of Israeli input means our certain scientific destruction." Dumb bunnies probably typed out their boycott proposal on a Pentium-powered computer...

We should still boycott British Academia and drive the message down their throat. Eating crow is not sufficient. In light of the major technological and academic advances in Israel, we can hold our heads high and not share our accomplishments with Brit "academia". Fortunately, the president of Columbia Univ. said that the freedom of speech in USA extends not only the petty thugs like Ahmadinejad but also to me so I call tell Ahmadinejad in his face what I think of him publically and without pulling any punches.

Hopefully this will set a trend for future generations to follow!

Publish Meir Elazar's post as an opinion piece to make it generally available to all readers ! And print this post if you dare.

The Brits finally realised that by boycotting Israel they'd be cutting themselves off from the best brains and talent in the world. Now they're crawling back to us... I think we should actually return the favour to them.

the universities in US are the important ones.

People who need attorneys to tell them the difference between right and wrong are ultimately useless people. They can take their "non-boycott elements of the motion" and stick them up their collective _____.

Legal ramifications my a--!!! It must have dawned on somebody that cutting off your nose to spite your face is not the smart thing to do.

1) JEWS NEVER CONQUERED HOLE CONTINETS AND THEN OPENED THEM UP TO EVERYONE 2) THEY TOOK IN A LOT MORE PEOPLE FROM THE HOLOCAUST THAN THEY HAD TOO

Man, I don't know about you kids, but me, I'm wiping the sweat off my now-relieved brow. Thank God Israel had the outrageous good luck to avoid being struck by that sanctimonious Progressive thunderbolt out of Merry Old England.

Well I think I'm going to go read some Poe now so I don't break a blood vessel over it.

WHAT????? are you insane?

"Hole continents!" Hah Hah! Hah!!! If your TB is a bait to make Jews work hard at their computers to explain the most basic facts of history, forget it. You're hopeless, Andy. Go back and play outside.... And when you pass the library, take a look inside. C'mon, don't be afraid of what's inside. They are called books. No, you don't play them on your computer.... You turn the pages and read.... And maybe, depending on your choice, you might learn something.

But im actually prefer the French over the Brits this days. Lo Yeuman.

Britain is no friend to Israel and presently, merely tolerates its Jews. With its abject surrender to Islamists, I don't think Britain even cares about the British. Also, typing in all caps doesn't make your "argument" more compelling.

Great comment thank you

NOW YOU STOP THAT. 10 WAS TRYING TO JUST MAKE A POINT!

They are not phased by Zimbabwe,Burma, Congo,Darfur, Tibet-U name the Tinpot Dictator or Tinpot Country!!(Even tonite Thai Muslim terros attacked troops) ISRAEL and JEWS..AAAAAH thats the problem !!!!. "We need a DEBATE!!!!"Lets debate Israels legitimacy&why the fuss over the Holocaust!!! That Selfhating Jewish UK Foreign Minister Millipeed said at the Labour Party Conference this week that the Israel- Pal Problem is giving Al Queda excuses for its actions. (Al Queda also said it wants to murder the "SLAGS"-loose women- at the London Ministry of Sound Disco Club-Will Millipeed close that London Disco to avoid Al Queda Action/)

surely you mean whole continents not hole continents.your spelling leaves much to be desired.

Just for drill and since I obviously missed a chapter in history, but exactly the entirety of which continent did the Brits conquer when? (This is a trick question Andrew, so think hard how you'll answer.)

We should thank the USA. The threats of US university boycotts freaked them out.

I thought they all turned into madrasas.

I am certain that Israel will be hugely relieved now that Britain's UCU has decided not to boycott the country. Israel can now get on with worrying about less critical issues. Seriously though, the UCU has us all confused with someone who actually gives a damn what they think.

LOL I'm sure you could have done so much more with that comment... Anyhoo, my favorite part about their retraction was that the boycott "might constitute discrimination". Really? But I thought it didn't count if it's against the Jews. We gained one thing from all this - now the whole world is aware that England's new pro-Palestinian sentiments are actually a cover-up for England's plain old antisemitism. You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

an actual oppression of a peaceful group. haven't heard any stories of homicide bombing monks.