was defeated.
The almost identical UJS position, however The UJS claimed that their amendmerely added Jewish perspective to Palestinian rights motion. The Democratic Left leadership of NOLS refused to argue that Israel's laws racist substituted instead heart-rending appeals for a mini state for the Palestinians.
The then voted support for NUS to co-ordinate vast amounts of solidarity with GUPS Students for finally voted down the whole of the policy by a majority 01 30,000 when reminded that it had iust voted sunfor the Law Return. So NUS finished by adopting no policy or It was thanks to the interventions and the clearly anti-Zionist politics of Campaign Student and the NBSA that NUS was stopped in its tracks from taking a disastrous and deeply reactionary decision It is laudable that NUS rejected the positions put for Urby SSiN and by UJS. The fact that NUS now has policy whatsoever on the Middle bast means wal we musi prepare to have the whole again SOUL possible- — and this time to win a clear mandate of support for the rights and the struggle of the Palestinian people.
What must also be clear is that the future of NUS now hangs balance. Neither SSiN nor 'Democratic Left' will be able to carry out the mandate that is needed: SSiN because of its own in¿creasing adaptation to imperialism Democratic Left' because Kinnock leadership of the Labour Party means that it hasn' got the politics to defend the interests students. SSiN was • the