GMB, one of Britain’s largest trade unions, recently passed a measure at their annual national congress calling on members to sever their ties from Trade Union Friends of Israel (TUFI).

The motion advised that members of GMB “should not receive funding or otherwise be facilitated to either participate in TUFI sponsored visits to Israel or speak to TUFI platforms.” The GMB decision noted that TUFI worked to combat the BDS movement, in stark contrast to the GMB’s own measures which call for the boycotting of those profiting from “illegal settlements, the Occupation and the construction of the wall.”

The resolution also called on the GMB to strengthen its links to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and proposed it send a representative on a PSC-led mission to the region. GMB has over 600,000 members and was founded in 1889.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem / Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center)