A row has erupted between Imperial and the University and College Union (UCU) after a UCU staff member shared a social media post calling for opposition to the government’s recent proscription of Palestine Action. Palestine Action is a UK-based activist network that opposes British arms exports to the state of Israel. Palestine Action was placed on the list of “proscribed terrorist groups and organisation” in early June, meaning support for the organisation is now illegal under the Terrorism Act 2000. The letter, signed by the UCU’s London Regional Support Official, Dr Amanda Sackur, rejected the idea that criticising the criminalisation of Palestine Action amounted to endorsing a terrorist group. The UCU subsequently argued that removing the post was, in itself, a breach of institutional neutrality.