UNISON: don't break ties with the Histradrut
One litmus test of whether one is engaged in reasonable criticism of Israel or simple anti-Semitism is whether you think anyone in the Jewish state is a legitimate partner for discussions. If you think everyone in Israel is somehow complicit in the occupation, that every Zionist is a racist, and so on, you will not want to have anything to do with Israeli peace organisations or the left. In the trade union movement, this is expressed through the question of relations with the Histadrut, Israel's national trade union centre. Most unions in most countries have no problem with the Histadrut. In...