Union of Jewish Students openly flouts UK law by recruiting for the Israeli Army

The Union of Jewish Students (UJS) is calling British students to serve in the Israeli Army.

On campuses they have ordered Jewish Societies to spy on other students activity: "subtly without drawing attention.. monitor any anti-Zionist literature" and activities and contact the UJS Campaign Organiser as soon as any anti-Zionism is uncovered. The UJS has employed a full-time Israel Officer for this task of quelling criticism of Israel.

The UJS receives its core funding from the United Jewish Israel Appeal(UJIA) which runs many programmes to support Israel. UJIA's honorary president is the disgraced peer, Lord Levy, who was arrested in January 2007 on conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in the "cash for peerages" scandal. The UJIA enjoys charity status in the UK.

The UJS campaign to participate in the Sar-El program. "Join students from around the world on a national project with the Israeli army."

Volunteers in the Sar-El unit - are these British criminals?

During their "National Service" volunteers wear the Israeli army uniform and work alongside or under the direction of soldiers. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) website confirms that "the Sar-El is an IDF unit", adding that "The volunteers are completely integrated into military life. They eat their meals with the other soldiers in the dining room, they work with them and during religious holidays many get invited back to regular soldiers' homes." Sar-El, Major Tiran Atia: "The volunteers do work in areas where there are shortages of soldiers. During the war, they helped tremendously.."

It is illegal for British citizens to serve in the Israeli army as Israel is in a state of war with several Arab nations which are at peace with the UK - according to the UK Foreign Enlistment Act 1870 its a crime for a British subject to enlist in the army of a foreign nation that is at war with any country that the UK is at peace with. Last year 154 people from Britain joined the Sar-El Israeli Army unit.

Recently ex-Israeli Jewish academic Ilan Pappe was vilified for accusing Jewish campus groups in the UK of being ""ambassadors of Israel", the reality seems far worse - by openly recruiting for the IDF, the UJS has clearly revealed itself as an agent of a foreign power. As such, british universities and colleges should take a firm stand against it by giving no platform to any campus society that affiliates with UJS.

Fully referenced original at Inminds