Commenting on the coming boycott debate at TUC Congress Jeremy Newmark, CEO of the Jewish Leadership Council and Fair Play board member, said:

Despite the anti-boycott stance of many TUC leaders and most ordinary union members, it now looks possible that the pro-boycott camp may succeed in hijacking TUC Conference for their own divisive and discriminatory agenda.

In advance of tomorrow’s debate we hope that delegates and union leaders will reflect carefully and act to ensure that the TUC does not damage its ability to act as an honest broker building bridges between Israelis and Palestinians.

The TUC has a noble record as positive and unifying element in British life and in international relations. The boycott resolution will only create discord and division.

ENDS