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Leeds, York, Huddersfield, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, Bristol, Birmingham, Cambridge, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Oxford – how the British government funds pro-genocide Jewish chaplains at British universities

26 February 2025 Across Britain, universities are appointing Jewish chaplains who have expressed support for Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, and in many cases have lived Israel’s illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Now, Palestine is still the issue has exposed the fact that this is done with the help of British government…

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How Israel systematically tortures, beats and humiliates the Gazan doctors it is holding hostage

Gaza’s doctors are systematically tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention.  Healthcare workers are protected under international law – yet hundreds were detained during the war. Now, some of Gaza’s most senior doctors have spoken about the the violence and abuse they have faced from the Israeli state. ‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were…

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Outlawing support for Palestinian rights in American universities

In America, just as in Britain, universities are using a variety of illegitimate means to crack down on free speech and outlaw support for Palestinian rights. Here the well-known former Zionist and editor of Jewish Currents, Peter Beinart, analyses the American situation: “By relying on pro-Israel organizations’ analysis of antisemitism—rather than recruiting the scholars on…

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The UK academics who simply can’t understand why colleagues would boycott Israeli university supporting genocide

23 February 2025 Two professors at the University of Westmiinster ignored advice from their branch of UCU to participate in a conference on democracy and authoritarianism at the University of Tel Aviv, a longtime collaborator in Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians. Evidently, for them, academics should be free to speak wherever and whenever they want,…

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Eminent academics at Columbia University demand enquiry into circumstances of Katherine Franke’s resignation

23 February 2025 Katherine Franke, a prominent law professor at Columbia University, faced unwarranted accusations from the University’s president and faced such intense pressure from its admiinistration for her pro-Palestinian advocacy that she eventually resigned her tenured post. As this report from the Middle East Eye describes, senior colleagues and emeritus staff from the law…

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The Israeli academics who have urged on genocide in Gaza since 7 October 2023

23 February 2025 As this Middle East Eye report highlights, Israeli academics figure prominently among the advocates of genocide since 7 October 2023. Israeli academics lead way in advocating ‘process of extermination’ of Palestinians Middle East professors at Israel’s top universities openly justify starving Gaza civilians to pave way for the army’s military campaign By Nadav…

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