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ISRAELI ACADEMICS: US GOVERNMENT ATTACK ON UNIVERSITIES DOES NOT PROTECT US

We stand in solidarity with our US-based colleagues—whether they are  US citizens, permanent residents, or academic visa holders. We consider the US Administration’s invocations of antisemitism to be disingenuous, thinly veiled attacks against Muslims, Palestinians, pro-Palestinian, and international students, serving as a pretext for the violent suppression of protected speech and the abolition of the university as a space for free inquiry. We also recognize that the same rhetoric can quickly turn on us or other groups if and when it serves the Administration’s interests. We stand alongside our colleagues firmly against this dangerous assault on academia.

“I raised my son on peace, and they murdered him when he went to save people”

Subhi Bahloul studied Hebrew at Tel Aviv University and taught Hebrew in Gaza. He told his son Muhammad that he had friends in Israel. On March 23, Muhammad, a volunteer with the Red Crescent, was among 15 aid workers shot dead by soldiers in Rafah.

“I never imagined that medical teams would be murdered,” his father says in an interview with Local Call.