First you colonize what, in arrogance consider you consider the backwater regions of the world under cover, of course, of spreading democracy; but hardly hidden the greed of exploiting the human and natural resources of your colonies to enrich your treasury. Yes, we have much to thank you for. We do appreciate your self-sacrificing gifts of governance, peace and a post-imperial world living in harmony, lion with lamb, etc, etc. While we have yet to have come to terms with the vacuum left behind by your hurried self-serving flight from your colonies, we are, nonetheless grateful for all the gifts that we received, concerned that, following your heroic efforts on our behalf, we have yet to rise to the challenge of peace you expect of us. Yes, you have a lot to be thanked for by your former colonials in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. We appreciate your genteel arrogance and self-righteousness, the tender scars you endure resulting from all the blood spent in the wake of your civilizing efforts on our behalf. We appreciate how you might not feel comfortable stooping to associate with Jews still attempting to deal with the fractured Palestinian society you encouraged and left behind. We understand how it just wouldn’t do for good Englishpersons to associate with Israeli academics, at least not before "consider(ing) the moral and political implications of educational links with Israeli institutions…!” Your superior disdain reminds me of those nostalgic bygone days when your navy was busy intercepting shiploads of Jews fleeing the death camps, if only the world would look the other way! Yes, those were jolly good times. On behalf of my people, and all the other still trying to come to terms with your efforts on our behalf, I want to thank you. In tender memory, your respectful servant, David Turner

I'm not aware of any other country facing their boycott. I have just read that it will affect only the jewish institutions (arab-israeli institutions won't be affected)!

NEXT STEP...JEWS ...WATCH OUT?

Simple that: no research with UK-nistan, no medicaments, no patents, no a single thing! Boycott UK-nistan now!! I have just cancelled my holiday trip in UK....what about you?

Israeli administration and control was a benefit to the Arabs in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. They lost that benefit when Oslo transferred control to the PLO.

Britain is on its way to become the first Islamic state in Europe. Britain, whose intelligentsia has swallowed wholesale Arab and Muslim lies, is the Western leader of those baying for Israel’s head. Thanks to the poison spread by the British media, the universities, NGOs and the churches, Israel has been systematically demonised and delegitimised. Few are aware, for example, how both Hamas and Hezbollah deliberately position both terrorists and weaponry in densely populated civilian areas, using women and children as human shields as admitted by the Palestinians at : http://xrl.us/bk7i2

As part of our journeying into the new more humane world of correct language, we will want to adopt a less offensive expression - I suggest "personcott" as it's more gender-neutral as in the sentence "UK leftist academic elitists personcott Israeli leftist academic elitists". I think they deserve each other heartily.

Israel is illegally occupying Palestinian land, illegally building settlements and illegaly stealing Palestinian resources. Nothing there to degelitimize Mr Prosor. Your place is already reserved at the war crimes court in the Hague

The leftist bigots calling for a boycott will have to ditch most of their PCs, laptops and cellphones. Lots of the technology that makes it easier for these useful idiots to communicate their evil ideas were made in Israel. Let's see how many of them will give up their toys! The opponents of the boycott should make the pro-boycotters hand over their laptops. Intel Inside - Israel Inside!!!

I was ready to chuck my PC in the rubbish, but than I checked it. It's made in China.

Get lost ! We don't need you and we don't want you and you will lose a lot more than we will so..good riddance hopefully

Agreed that if they are serious, they should not use those items! They should not benefit in any way,shape,or form from these things! They must find alternate cures of their own PLUS they should all throw out Windows and switch to Apple or Linux. What a bunch of bozos (clown character) these UCU people are! They're just too dense to see this.

Other than the free entertainment of the British 'royals' the gay, the Nazi outfit, etc. Braitian is nothing, no wonder her empire is now filled w/ Muslims whom they deserve. This cheap shot is strictly due to muslim hatred of Jews. Britian is sinking, next she'll drown. And no one will care.

I am so tired of the stupidity of some people, especially when they are supposed to be academic (my backside is more academic).

It's not where the PC or laptop is made. Intel Inside almost always means Israel Inside. Thank goodness!

and twice as cute as the UCA, Sylvana!

Chanalau, we should stop the illegal Arab occupation of Israel immediately - lets march together in protest against it! ps - I didn't hear anything about the illegal Jordanian/Egyptian occupation of land prior to 1967, the illegal British occupation of land prior to 1948, the illegal Ottoman occupation of land prior to 1917 - so why the Jews?

Each time a rocket from Gaza falls on Israel the UCU should be sent a piece of it numbered and dated. In fact it should be retroactive.

in the bowels of hell

So I guess their motivation is pretty obvious then.

thank you for answering on #21. i do not think sheridan really understands cause and effect.

has something that really bad that has happened 2 u made u so so bitter and negative that u go on and on and on on on in the twisted and negative way that u always do .. and of things u know nothing about . i really must pitty u . END.

Indeed some of the comments here are pathetic. I just want to point out to Sheridan (#21) that the days of your way of thinking are over and will stay that way as long as the state of Israel exists. So keep in mind, these “germanizing” attemts of yours don't fly. Maybe in the UK, but not in Israel. And Tova (#40) is not so “tova” either. I hope you are not seriously suggesting that the British crimes against humanity around the world during hundreds of years have been forgotten. You went to fight the Argentinians in the Falklands. Why? Because the rockets fell on Big Ben? And Iraq and Afgahanistan etc. Is all legal and clean, right? Only the illegal occupation of Northern-Ireland has claimed more lives than the second intifada. And the British academy. What academy? I seriously do not care about the co-operation. There are enough other partners for Israeli scientists. It is the Antisemitism that irritates me. Stefan