Cornell graduate union says Palestinians have right to resist ‘by any means necessary’

Cornell Graduate Student Workers United, the union affiliate of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America on the Cornell University campus, said on Wednesday that its members voted to endorse a boycott of Israel.

“Standing with the strength of Palestinians resisting a genocide, and their unequivocal human right to resist oppression by any means necessary, workers around the world are building power through the belief that we free Palestine, and Palestine frees us,” the union stated .

Some 72.2% of the union members who cast a vote were in favor of the measure, and 27.8% were opposed, according to an email to union members that JNS viewed.

The union told its members in an email, obtained by JNS, that 72.22% of its members voted for the referendum and 27.77% voted against