There is a long history of our Academic institutuions getting involved in protest for various causes, my personal favourite being Cambridge flying the Tibetan flag when the Chinese Premier was here having his arse licked by Tony, who had banned pro-Tibetan protest and confiscated flags etc.

Whatever the reasons behind the boycott, regardless of whether it was ill-conceived or not, we should remind ourselves that flinging about accusations of anti-semitism every time some raises the subject of Israel is a neo-conservative ploy and not an invite to genuine discussion about the problem.