British Committee for the Universities of Palestine explained

British Committee for Universities of Palestine
Type:	Non-profit activist
Headquarters:	London, United Kingdom
Services:	Promoting academic boycott of Israel
Key People:	Jonathan Rosenhead, Chairman
Founder:	Hilary Rose, Steven Rose, Martha Mundy,
Fields:	support Palestinian universities, staff and students and oppose the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands

The British Committee for Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) was organized in 2004 in response to a Palestinian call for academic and cultural boycott of Israel.^[1] The idea of an academic boycott against Israel first emerged publicly in England on 6 April 2002 in an open letter^[2] to The Guardian initiated by two of the founders of BRICUP, Steven and Hilary Rose, then professors in biology at the Open University and social policy at the University of Bradford respectively, who called for a moratorium on all cultural and research links with Israel.^[3] The organization's launch was announced at a conference hosted by London University School of Oriental and African Studies in December 2004.^{[4] [5]}

External links

• BRICUP website

Notes and References

1. PhD . Morrison . Suzanne. October 2015 . The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement: Activism Across Borders for Palestinian Justice . The London School of Economics and Political Science. 105-7.
2. Web site: Letters: More pressure for Mid East peace. Guardian Staff. April 5, 2002. the Guardian.
3. Web site: British academic boycott of Israel gathers pace. December 12, 2002. the Guardian.
4. Web site: Boycott call resurfaces. April 5, 2005. the Guardian.
5. Web site: Israel boycott row hits college. December 4, 2004. the Guardian.