Ceasefire NOW! UCU joins with many others in Palestine, the UK, and beyond to reiterate the demands for an immediate ceasefire, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, unrestricted access to humanitarian aid, and the lifting of the siege of Gaza. We are very concerned by the sharp rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia across…
University of Waterloo has established a new scholarship as a memorial scholarship of Prof. Dr. Sofyan Taya, the president of the Islamic University Posted on August 26, 2024 | The Palestine Academy for Science and Technologysource University of Waterloo has established a new scholarship as a memorial scholarship for Prof. Dr. Sofyan Taya, the president of the Islamic…
Home > All News Items and Articles Have you ever wondered how closely Israel monitors pro-Palestinian activism in British universities? And what Israel does with the intelligence it gathers? The following investigation by James Bamford (pictured) published in The Nation and reprinted by Jewish Voice for Labour, describes in startling detail how Israel illegally interferes…
Home > All News Items and Articles John Chalcraft, Professor of History and Middle East Politics at the LSE, briefly describes the UK’s deplorable record since November 1917 when it issued the Balfour Declaration, promising Zionists a “home” – euphemism for a state – in Palestine. Subsequently it has favoured the Zionist project, and even…
Home > All News Items and Articles British Committee for the Universities of Palestine Palestine: Memory, Identity, Resistance BRICUP Seminar Series 2023-4 All seminars are on-line events, and take place at 18.00-19.30 London…
BRICUP has just received the appeal below from 15 Palestinian Universities for justice and freedom for Palestine. In response to this appeal, and to the outrageous slaughter being visited by Israel on the people of Gaza, BRICUP is taking the following actions: A Unified Call for Justice and Freedom in Palestine A call from Palestinian…
Popular Resistance has published a deeply disturbing account of Israel’s current assault on Gaza and the Occupied West Bank, describing in particular the murderous consequences for Palestinian universities and schools, the students and the staff who work in them. The assault on Palestinian education began sixty years ago, but since 7 October it has intensified…
Artists for Palestine UK (APUK), BRICUP’s sister organisation, has gathered over 1,000 British artists including Academy and Bafta award winners to join in the call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the silencing of Palestinian voices. Their list of incidents, in Britain and abroad, where Palestinians and their works of art have been…
The Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research condemned Israeli attacks on the Palestine Technical University Kadoorie in Tulkarm, the Al-Quds Open University in Gaza and other institutions of higher learning which left many of them devastated. It also supplied shocking photos of the attacks and damage carried out. This report comes from the…
Home > All News Items and Articles Sufian Tayeh, President of the Islamic University of Gaza and an internationally recognised physicist and applied mathematician, along with his whole family was killed on Saturday, 2 December, after Israel resumed its assault on Gaza. As Israeli defence spokespeople frequently boast of the pinpoint accuracy of their weapons,…
