D

Dismantles the wall

Vague, misleading, incomplete,

extreme, inappropriate, incorrect,

and unhelpful. Please fix.

*SenttoGSOCUnitRepresentativesfromGSOCforBDSonMarch4,2016.

INCOMPLETE. The wall is

temporary, for security. How
will BDS ensure Israeli safety

Occupation VAGUE
Occupation of what? The entire country?

BallotDraftforGSOCBDSResolution

Just Gaza and West Bank? East Jerusalem?

such that the wall can come down? ShouldGSOCUAWLocal2110jointheglobalmovementforBoycott,Divestmentand

Sanctions(BDS),untilIsraelcomplieswithinternationallawandendsthemilitaryoccupation,
Palestinian citizens VAGUE
dismantlesthewall,recognizestherightsofPalestiniancitizenstofullequality,andrespectsthe
Only Palestinian citizens of Israel?
Right of return INCOMPLETE rightofreturnofPalestinianrefugeesandexiles?

Or also West Bank / Gaza Palestinians

UN Resolution 194 calls for right of return

at the earliest practicable date

Withthepassingofthisresolution,GSOCUAWLocal2110willjointheBDSmovementby: who refuse Israeli citizenship?

for refugees who will live at peace

1. CallingonNYUandUAWinternationaltodivesttheirinvestments,includingpension

with their neighbors. How will BDS demand funds,fromIsraelistateinstitutionsandinternationalcompaniescomplicitintheongoing

and ensure an end to Palestinian violence
as a pre-requisite for return? Is now
a practicable datefor their return?

violationofPalestinianhumanandcivilrights.
2. CallingonNYUandUAWinternationaltodeclinetoconductbusinesswithsaid
institutionsandcompaniesinthefuture.
3. CallingonNYUtocloseitsprograminTelAvivUniversity,whichcontinuestoviolate
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theNYUNonDiscriminationpolicy. Close its program EXTREME

YESNO

Rather than shut it down, and ensure nobody

policies, so that everyone can attend?

Complicit MISLEADING
BDS guidelines consider ALL
Israeli institutions complicit; this
complicit in ongoing violation, etc
clause misleads us to think this
is a limited boycott, when in fact
it is a blanket boycott.

can attend, why not investigate and enforce the

Complicit MISLEADING
BDS guidelines consider ALL
Israeli institutions complicit; this

Individual commitment INAPPROPRIATE

Wealsogivememberstheopportunitytomakeavoluntaryandnonbindingindividual Why is this on a GSOC ballot? If its an

commitmenttoparticipateintheacademicboycott,whichtargetsIsraeligovernmentand individual commitment, why vote on it?
academicinstitutionscomplicitinIsraeliviolationofPalestinianrights:
Why not simply commit?

complicit in ongoing violation, etc Iwillpersonallyadheretotheacademicboycott,byrefusingtotakepartinanyresearch,

clause misleads us to think this
is a limited boycott.

conferences,events,exchangeprograms,publicationsorotheractivitiesthataresponsoredbyor
requireofficialaffiliationwiththeIsraeligovernmentorIsraeliacademicinstitutions.In Academic boycott INAPPROPRIATE
accordancewithBDSguidelines,thisacademicboycottdoesnottargetindividualsofanyLimits academic freedom, by rejecting the
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background,butonlyinstitutionscomplicitintheviolationofPalestinianrights.
work of other scholars and institutions

Does not target individuals INCORRECT

YESNO

If, however, an individual is representing []

activities are subject to the institutional boycott

on the basis of nationality

a complicit Israeli institution [] then her/his

the BDS movement is calling for.
The BDS Guidelines

Policy link - UNHELPFUL

If you dont tell us which part
of the policy is being violated,
or how it is being violated,
then how is it helpful to show us
the policy?

Availablehere:
http://www.nyu.edu/about/policiesguidelinescompliance/policiesandguidelines/nondiscriminationandantihara
ssmentpolicyandcomplaintproc.html
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Thisresolutionopposesallformsofdiscriminationongroundsofrace,religion,nationalorigin,ethnicity,gender
andsexualorientationandidentity,andisunequivocallycommittedtotheprinciplesofacademicfreedomforall
membersoftheNYUcommunity.

for all members except for those who affiliate with Israeli institutions,
as per BDS guidelines.