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Students can submit an idea if they want the Guild to have policy on a particular issue, or campaign or work on a particular matter. Ideas can be about a wide range of things; including the Guild, University and the wider community. This can range from simple, operational ideas to larger scale campaigns. Submitting an idea is also the way to get the matter discussed at Guild Summit.

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Oppose Israeli Crimes through BDS!

Submitted 1 year ago by Othman Ibrahim

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Our university is using our own tuition fees to support the ongoing Israeli genocide and apartheid actions against the Palestinian people through establishing institutional ties and investing in organizations and companies complicit in Israeli crimes. We thus have a moral duty to reject that our payments contribute towards such crimes and oppression. Let the guild pressure university to endorse the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement to stop contributions to genocide done in our name!

Abigail Morris: 4pm on 7 Feb 24 The following comments are additional information from the Change It Idea Proposer.
Abigail Morris: 4:01pm on 7 Feb 24 "The following companies are to be boycotted for the reasons listed below them:
Abigail Morris: 4:01pm on 7 Feb 24 Amazon: Project “Nimbus”, provide cloud service ecosystem for Israel, this primarily serves the Israeli military Israel Aerospace Industries had been supplied by Amazon with aircrafts Buoyed by Amazon’s investments, Israel Aerospace industries is implementing autonomous “robo-snipers” and drones. Source: https://jacobin.com/2023/08/amazon-ai-israel-palestine-apartheid-surveillance
Abigail Morris: 4:02pm on 7 Feb 24 HP: Provide computer hardware to Israeli military Provides Itanium servers for the Aviv System which is basically a racial discrimination system that Israel uses Source : https://bdsmovement.net/boycott-hp
Abigail Morris: 4:02pm on 7 Feb 24 Jaguar Land Rover: Israel military vehicles are built over the chassis of Land Rover production Source: https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/3995?land-rover#:~:text=The%20Israeli%20military%20has%20370,2.5L%20turbocharged%20diesel%20engine.
Abigail Morris: 4:02pm on 7 Feb 24 BAE systems: Key supplier of Israeli weapons Productions of fighter jets to Israel Source: https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/trade-unionists-shut-down-weapons-factory-to-halt-arms-supply-to-israel#:~:text=More%20than%20400%20activists%20targeted,country's%20ongoing%20bombardment%20of%20Gaza.
Abigail Morris: 4:03pm on 7 Feb 24 Agusta Westland: Provide helicopters for Israel Source: https://www.army-technology.com/news/leonardo-aw119kx-helicopters-israel/ "
Deena Karem: 6:33pm on 8 Feb 24 i fully support this- i find it extremely disturbing that we as a university support these organizations when they are part of the reason why there are 0 schools and universities left standing in gaza. we all have the right to a safe education.
Izmar Khan: 7:32pm on 8 Feb 24 This is very important. Israel has killed over 30,000+ Palestinians in just 4 months. The university through its partner BAE systems is complicit in this and our money is being using to bomb and terrorise the Palestinian people. This needs to stop and the university has to cut all relations with BAE systems and any other partners that may be complicit in this.
Othman Ibrahim: 7:52pm on 8 Feb 24 Say no to genocide!
Nico King: 8:26pm on 8 Feb 24 I’m not good with words so I’ll keep it short but we’ve all seen (or should have seen) what’s happening to Palestine and what Israel has done to Palestine for over 7 decades and it’s horrifying. The university of Liverpool, as a self proclaimed international institution, cannot conceivably continue to support companies that actively support and profit from genocide. Divest from BAE! Boycott Amazon! Dissociate from HP, Agusta Westland, and Jaguar!
Finlay Deane: 2am on 9 Feb 24 The student movement brought down South African Apartheid by boycotting companies like Barclays, now the time has come for us to confront Israeli Apartheid as well. Endorse divestment, stand with Palestinian youth and students!
Amir-Salihu Hussein: 7:38am on 9 Feb 24 No to genocide