18 September 2026 Neve Gordon, professor of law at Queen Mary University of London, describes the findings of a committee created last year to investigate Britain’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. Gordon, an Israeli who taught at Ben Gurion University before coming to England, was one of two experts on the committee. This article is…
18 September 2026 Israel succeeded in destroying practically all the primary and secondary schools in Gaza but they failed to destroy the one thing that determines educational attainment: motivation. Palestinian children are as determined as ever to pursue their education and – those who have survived Israel’s genocidal assault on them – will succeed despite…
17 September 2026 The TUC, of which the National Education Union and the University and College Union are members, voted overwhelmingly to support BDS at its annual Congress this week. BRICUP is delighted with the decision and strongly encourages all academics to sign the Commitment which can be found on this website. Here is a…
11 September 2026 The announcement in Parliament by Ed Miliband, the British foreign secretary, on Tuesday 8 September that Britain is acting decisively against the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank has aroused great controversy and not least among the Palestine activist community. Some have dismissed it as little more than an empty gesture…
14 Sept. 2026 New Report by Adalah: “Apartheid in Israeli Academia: Palestinian Students After 7 October 2023” 07/09/2026 Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel publishes a new report today examining the discriminatory disciplinary policies pursued since 7 October 2023 by Israeli universities and colleges toward Palestinian students, predominantly citizens of…
14 Sept. 2026 A new report by Investigate Europe, a cross-border team of investigative journalists and Reporters United, an investigative newsroom in Athens, Greece, details how Israel is using legal and other means to attempt to derail European university boycotts. Investigations Revealed: Inside the Israeli campaign to derail European university boycotts By Maria Maggiore, Konstantina Maltepioti, Ludovica Jona, Leila…
14 Sept. 2026 The British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) strongly condemns the extreme and ongoing repression of pro-Palestine academic freedom at Kings College and other British universities, as detailed in the Liberty Investigates report Inside King’s College London’s crackdown on pro-Palestine students: https://libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/inside-kings-college-londons-crackdown-on-pro-palestine-students/ The Liberty Investigates report finds that numerous British Universities…
Usama Ghanem, an Egyptian exile and second-year undergraduate at KCL, was suspended for a year for demonstrating in support of Palestine and threatened with being expelled to Egypt where he was imprisoned for his public support of democracy and almost certain to be imprisoned if he returned there. But now, with legal help and public…
9 September 2026 The North American Middle East Studies Association has created a new website that keeps track of and analyses assaults on academic freedom on account of Palestine advocacy since 7 October 2023. The data is useful, and so too is the advice available on the website to academics who face harassment or threats…
31 August 2026 The Canadian federal government, persuaded to investigate antisemitism on Canadian campuses, handed the task to organisations linked to the same crowd who sought the investigation and, guess what, they confirmed that fully 95 percent of Jewish students experienced antisemitism on campus. Predictably, the mainstream media, including the national broadcaster, the CBC, uncritically…
