NUS under attack from Israel Lobby

The National Union of Students have come under attack from leading members of the Israel Lobby for finally taking a more progressive stance towards justice for Palestinians.

Following a recent decision by the NUS Executive Committee to send British students on future Gaza Flotillas and the excellent decision to establish a long overdue link with the University of Gaza the lobby have once again crawled out of the woodwork to express their displeasure.

Initially, Aaron Porter the discredited joker and thankfully soon to be former President of the NUS bizarrely attacked the NUS policy as "extreme". Porter whose supporters claimed he was the victim of anti Jewish abuse has always proudly highlighted his role in fostering closer ties between the NUS and Union of Jewish Students but very little about an NUS-FOSIS alliance. For the record Porter was never the victim of anti Jewish abuse on the Student protest in January.

Soon after Porters support for Israel, former NUS President Wes Streeting who recently attended a major Israel Lobby conference tweeted that he "couldn't agree more with Aaron Porter's comments". Streeting is a Labour Councillor in the LB Redbridge which has one of the highest Muslim populations in London and despite his well known staunch support for Israel's occupation and theft of Palestinian land he still gets elected by Muslims in his Chadwell Ward. LM urges Muslim councillors in Ilford CLP to be aware of a possible attempt by Streeting to position himself as a future replacement for Mike Gapes, similar to the approach and support Luiciana Berger got from Jane Kennedy in Liverpool Wavertree.

What LM finds interesting is how Muslim students are completely absent from this debate about Israel-Palestine. While the likes of Porter and Streeting fight for their cause in the Israel corner previously working jointly on student fees, where are the useless Muslim donuts from FOSIS and other Muslim student societies. Muslims hugely outnumber the Israel Lobby in further and higher Education yet our Muslim voice never appears to be heard. LM has my doubts over new NUS President Liam Burnes so I urge Muslims on campus to get active and ensure the Israel Lobby no longer use the NUS as a vehicle for disseminating Israeli propaganda.