27 June 2026 A new political party, named the “Free Palestine Party from the River to the Sea”, led by Paul Hopkinson (pictured), intends to fight the national election in New Zealand later this year, to ensure that the genocide and fate of the Palestinians will not be overlooked or ignored by the mainstream media….
21 June 2026 This one is from the executive of IMET2000 (International Medical Education Trust). Dear friends of IMET, It is with profound sadness that we share the news that our beloved founder, Professor Colin Green, has passed away. Professor Green was the heart and inspiration behind IMET2000. His vision, dedication, and commitment to excellence shaped the organisation and…
21 June 2026 Professor Colin James Green (1935–2026) Professor Colin James Green, pioneering medical scientist and tireless advocate for global health and human rights. His career spanned continents and disciplines, from the laboratories of Britain’s leading research institutions to hospitals and classrooms in some of the world’s most challenging environments. He combined scientific innovation with…
21 June 2026 Professor Colin Green, a longtime member of BRICUP, was instrumental in establishing the first medical school in Palestine at Al Quds University, in overcoming Israel’s refusal to accredit it, and assisting Palestine in innumerable other ways. Professor Green invariably behaved in a quiet, unassuming manner, but his effectiveness was enormous. Reprinted below…
19 June 2026 Practically every major university campus in the US, Canada and the UK has a Hillel, which is generally assumed to be simply a social centre for Jewish students. Think again. As this revelatory report by Maura Finkelstein (pictured) in Mondoweiss explains, Hillel International, the organisation that manages the individual centres, functions as…
18 June 2026 The American Administration continues to defend Israel against criticism at the cost of free speech. The American Psychological Association is only the latest victim. Pro-Israel Jewish News online reports this as a good thing. Antisemitism allegations at American Psychological Association The investigation stems from several complaints by Jewish and Israeli psychologists By Andrew…
18 June 2026 The American Historical Association appears to have been the worst, but evidently they have nearly all been doing it, as Daniel Segal (pictured) explains in Academe Blog. Academic Freedom and Democratic Governance for Learned Societies Too Guest Blogger / 7 hours ago BY DANIEL A. SEGAL We—meaning both faculty and the AAUP—know that when…
18 June 2026 This is a good idea in principle and should favour all those who have attempted to speak up for Palestine only to find that their invitation to a university had been delayed indefinitely or cancelled. But, as with all these things, the devil will be in the detail – which may very…
16 June 2026 Arwa Hanin Elrayess, daughter of an Algerian mother and Palestinian father, who was born in London but lived in Gaza from the age of five, is in her final year of PPE (Politics, Philosophy and Economics) at St. Edmund Hall and the current president of the Oxford Union. As could have been…
10 June 2026 Even as official repression of pro-Palestine, anti-genocide action ramps up, university students and staff in Germany, as across Europe, are expressing their support for Palestinian human rights. ‘Historic’ wave of Palestinian solidarity grows at universities in Germany Calls for universities to cut ties with Israeli institutions are rising in the country that…
