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This is the revised and expanded Second Edition of the BRICUP case for boycotting Israeli academic institutions. Published in 2025 as Israel attempts to ethnically “cleanse” the Gaza Strip through a genocidal assault on its 2.3 million Palestinian residents and unleashes extremists in the illegal Jewish settlements to terrorise the Palestinians in the Occupied West…

19 May 2025 Will UK universities respond to Israel’s Gaza Scholasticide? (The link to the Academic Commitment follows) One of the Israel’s targets in Gaza has been its education system, which it has largely destroyed. All of Gaza’s universities have been bombed, and most are now in ruins. Not only the buildings have been targeted:…

19 May 2025 Here is Haaretz’s startling report on the growing impact of the academic boycott on Israel’s universities. Sign the Academic Commitment here, to strengthen the boycott. Israeli Academia Faces Hundreds of ’Explicit’ Boycotts by Foreign Universities, Report Says Israel News- Haaretz.com Feb 25, 2025 12:09 pm IST Israeli researchers have reported hundreds of…

BRICUP urges all academics to support the Academic Commitment in response to the call by Palestinian civil society organisations to refrain from any involvement with Israeli academic institutions, all of which are complicit in Israel’s occupation, colonisation and system of apartheid. Two common misconceptions need to be exposed. Firstly, the boycott is of institutions not…

16 May 2025 Once again, Israel is denying Omar Barghouti’s right to travel abroad. Support this call from Irish Labour for his freedom to travel. Israel must lift travel ban on Palestinian human rights defender Omar Barghouti to attend Robert Tressell Festival in Dublin Duncan Smith 29 April 2025 Israel must lift travel ban on…

This is the revised and expanded Second Edition of the BRICUP case for boycotting Israeli academic institutions. Published in 2025 as Israel attempts to ethnically “cleanse” the Gaza Strip through a genocidal assault on its 2.3 million Palestinian residents and unleashes extremists in the illegal Jewish settlements to terrorise the Palestinians living in the Occupied…

17 March 2025 Friends of Birzeit University (FOBZU) has published a highly useful guide to promoting support for Palestinian universities through partnerships, scholarships, research collaboration, etc. Details are contained in the Guide below. Partnerships with Palestine Guide CLICK HERE TO ACCESS GUIDE This guide equips UK academics and administrators with practical ways to support Gaza’s…

Sixteen months of bombings and attacks have decimated Gaza’s health system and workforce. Palestinian doctors tell Elisabeth Mahase of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) about the effects on mental health, what needs to happen next, and how UK doctors can help. 6 March, 2025 Gaza’s health system is “completely eviscerated”—what happens now? BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r361 (Published 25 February 2025) Cite…

6 April 2025 Dr Swee Ang, FRCS, was born in Penang, Malaysia. She grew up and studied in Singapore. In 1973 she obtained her medical degree and in 1976 her master’s in occupational medicine at the University of Singapore. She was silver medallist for her undergrad, and gold medallist for her master’s.  She joined her husband…

The IHRA ‘definition’ of anti-Semitism protects Israel not Jews Sponsors JNP, Scottish PSC, Jewish Voice for Labour and British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) Chair Kristina Hultgren, Professor of Sociolinguistics and UK Research & Innovation Future Leaders Fellow Speakers Registration