American university administrators continue to grapple with the conflict between student and faculty political activism and critics who allege intimidation, bullying and antisemitism. Unfortunately, the critics almost always win, and this report in The Forward acknowledges. Colleges rewrite free speech policies and limit protests as spring semester unfolds Some new policies would prohibit the posting of…
The Federal University of Ceara in Brazil has cancelled its partnership with Ben Gurion University. BGU has close ties with the Israeli military and arms firms supplying the military. And as the Palestinian Boycott Campaign points out, “Holding an “innovation challenge” with complicit Israeli institutions on topics such as food security and water and sanitation,…
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) points to the complicity of Israeli universities in the current military assault on Gaza and appeals for their boycott in order to bring home to their faculty, administrators and students their responsibility for the unfolding genocide in Gaza. The original appeal can be…
Campus Voices for Palestine Campaign In various universities across the UK, Palestine events have been banned or curtailed, staff and students have faced disciplinary investigations and suspensions because of social-media posts criticising Israel’s genocide in Gaza, distinguished visiting scholars have had their lectures cancelled, and the wearing of a badge bearing a Palestinian flag has…
The Board of Trustees and Committee on Academic Freedom of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies sent a letter [below] today to members of the British Government, including the Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Defence, and Secretary of State for Education, calling upon them to put pressure on Israel to ensure the immediate end of…
Home > All News Items and Articles Jurgen Habermas, the philosopher and member of the Frankfort School of critical theory, has joined German colleagues in endorsing their government’s policy of refusing all criticism of Israel on the transparently ill-founded assumption that it would be antisemitic and a betrayal of Germany’s guilt over the Holocaust. Asef…
Friday 18 Aug 2023 On 7th August, David Miller posted material on Twitter (renamed ‘X’) that has produced concern and discussion among individuals and organisations (including BRICUP) that had supported him throughout the attacks on him and his subsequent sacking by the University of Bristol. The attacks on him had alleged antisemitism. Before commenting on…