UK: Oxford council passes Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions motion

Oxford City Council has passed a motion supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, citing International Court of Justice (ICJ) rulings.

In January last year, the ICJ delivered an interim ruling saying that it was plausible that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.

The court called on Israel to refrain from impeding the delivery of aid into Gaza.

It also ordered Israel to take all measures within its power to prevent acts of genocide in the besieged enclave and to punish incitement to genocide, amongst other orders.

On Monday, Oxford councillor Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini said councillors had "unanimously passed a boycott and divestment motion citing the ICJ rulings on Palestine".

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