The open letter was delivered to the University and is scheduled for discussion at University Council on February 7th, which coincides with the National Day of Action for Gaza. Given Israel’s relentless and ongoing destruction of Palestinian life and infrastructure in Gaza and the West Bank, the ICJ’s recent ruling that Israel must take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, and the UK’s subsequent decision to suspend funding to UNRWA, it is more important than ever that we stand with the Palestinian people and pressure our University to cut its ties with arms manufacturers on campus, such as Rolls Royce and BAE Systems, for their complicity in Zionist war crimes and atrocities.