Over the decades, Avi Shlaim, Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford, has moved from being an Israeli nationalist to a Palestinian rights supporter. This article by Raymond Deane in Jacobin discusses his latest work on the Gaza genocide. 9 December 2025 Avi Shlaim Is Taking a Stand Against Israel’s Gaza Genocide…
4 December 2025 This excellent account in Jewish Currents provides a vivid picture of the ways pro-Israel activists and propagandists succeeded in turning the UCLA (University of California in Los Angeles) administration and public against peaceful pro-Palestinian protestors, which in turn led to gratuitous violence, the victimisation of students demonstrating for human rights, the suppression…
3 December 2025 In an effort to explain to Israeli faculty and students their responsibility for the genocide in Gaza, Perter Beinart accepted an invitation to speak at an Israeli university. His motive was unexceptionable, but he now regrets his decision. Here’s why. @PeterBeinart By speaking earlier this week at Tel Aviv University, I made…
3 December 2025 Here’s a question all our regular readers can by now answer instantly: “What sort of international conference might a public university choose to cancel at the last minute?” The answer is of course: “A conference on Palestine (or Gaza or the Occupied West Bank or settler colonialism and resistance, etc.)” But why…
27 November 2025 The award of an honorary doctorate enables a university to become associated with a prominent artist, scientist, scholar or statesperson or public figure and thus enhance its reputation. But it is humiliated when a prominent recipient decides to throw back the award in its face, and deeply humiliated when not one but…
26 November 2025 SAMA, the South African Medical Association explain why they boycott the IMA and every other medical association should, too. Because of the length of the article, only the summary is reprinted here. The link to the whole article can be found below. SAMA’s principled positioning in upholding globalmedical ethics F Araie, MMed…
25 November 2025 In a remarkable attempt to silence all criticism of Israeli apartheid, racism, ethnic cleansing and genocide within in the NHS, Streeting, no doubt in conjunction with Starmer, has issued orders to force the NHS’ 1.5 million employees to knuckle under to their support for Israel. His demands and the vigorous opposition to…
24 November 2025 QUB has promised to dissociate itself from Israel’s genocidal action in Gaza and the OPT, but its treatment of students and faculty grossly belie its promise, as this report in the Canary explains. Queen’s University continues its Palestine crackdown by crushing free speech 22 November 2025 Genocide fans take heart — Queen’s…
22 November 2025 The Senate, which advises the Trustees of SOAS, has issued the following statement. Senate Statement on Scholasticide in Gaza, Palestine: Senate notes 5. That in July 2025 the Presidents of three universities in Gaza called upon the international academic community to show effective forms of solidarity including, working for “a sustainable and…
21 November 2025 In a strongly worded letter to the head of the College de France and the Minister of Higher Education and Research in France, the Academic Council of JVP criticise the decision to cancel the international conference on Gaza and Europe that was to take place at the College last week. One might…