10 June 2026
The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) has produced an impressive database showing how different European universities are complicit in Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing project in Palestine.
Why map the ties between European Universities and Israel?
In early 2024, in response to the ongoing genocide in Palestine perpetrated by the state of Israel, students and staff of European universities increased pressure on their institutions to cut ties with Israeli companies and universities complicit in this crime against humanity. Students and staff have been calling for the academic boycott of Israel for many years prior, because Israeli academic institutions have been complicit in the commission of apartheid, colonization, and occupation against the Palestinian people for many decades.
Based on a variety of sources, including the CORDIS-website with EU funded research projects, university websites as well as results from Freedom of Information requests, this website maps institutional ties. It builds on research by Stop Wapenhandel, the Rights Forum, Students for Palestine and students and staff at various universities, and is continuously updated.
For the full database, see: https://academiccomplicity.eu
