I am a mature student in UCC and while I do hold strong views on the Middle East and conflict in other areas of the world I do not believe that trying to take away funding from fellow students, lecturers and universities will accomplish anything except to cause further division and hostility. The signing of an open letter to the EU calling on a moratorium of EU funding to Israeli universities was signed by several UCC members of staff and I would like to show our fellow academics in Israel that not everyone in UCC supports this desired boycott.

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