‘Beyond anything imaginable’: dozens killed at busy Gaza seafront cafe
Witnesses describe explosion, flames and smoke plumes as airstrike transforms peaceful scene at al-Baqa into a horror
Author: Abbes
Mathematician, Director of research in Paris, Secretary of AURDIP
Israeli airstrike on popular Gaza beachside cafe leaves at least 30 dead – video report
At least 30 people including women, children and a local journalist were killed on 30 June in an Israeli airstrike on a beachfront cafe in Gaza City, medics have said. Israeli missiles killed at least 60 people across Gaza in some of the heaviest attacks in weeks as Israeli officials were due in Washington for a new ceasefire push by Donald Trump. Israeli tanks pushed into the eastern areas of Zeitoun suburb in Gaza City and shelled several areas in the north, while aircraft bombed at least four schools after ordering hundreds of families sheltering inside to leave, residents said
ISA Executive Committee Decision on the Israeli Sociological Society
The International Sociological Association (ISA) has suspended the collective membership of the Israeli Sociological Society, pointing to its failure to condemn the dramatic situation in Gaza.
Sanctions against individual settlers are hopelessly inadequate. The real settler organisation is Israel
Worldview from Israel: The EU has sent the implicit message that it is fine with what Israel is doing to Palestinians
Israel closes the most direct route for aid to Palestinians in Gaza
Blockade will increase diplomatic pressure on Israel as Spain PM Pedro Sánchez describes situation as ‘genocide’
“Starving a Generation” report indicts Israel for weaponizing starvation as a tool of genocide
“Starving a Generation: Israel’s Famine Campaign Targeting Palestinian Children in Gaza” documents 33 cases of child starvation collected by DCIP’s field researchers in the Gaza Strip between October 7, 2023, and May 21, 2025.
Why academic institutions are cutting ties with Israel
Messages from colleagues from Gaza and the displaced Palestinian students on our campuses have been the driving force for many of us
BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom Statement on Academic Boycotts
The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) is firmly committed to academic freedom. In this statement, the BRISMES Committee on Academic Freedom explains its position that, contrary to common assumptions, academic boycotts can be consistent with—and even necessary for—upholding academic freedom and fundamental human rights, particularly in contexts of systemic injustice.
Will the European Union Stop funding Israeli institutions?
The EU continues to grant Israel privileges through the EU-Israel Association Agreement, despite Article 2 of the agreement stipulating “respect for human rights”. Additionally, Israeli academic institutions continue to enjoy a privileged status as partners of European universities, receiving over €2.6 billion in EU research funding since 2007. 75 organizations, and 4500 university staff and students, have signed a petition to the EU demanding that this collaboration MUST END.
Report Dutch experts: Suspend all institutional ties with Israeli universities
A group of twelve prominent Dutch experts in the areas of ethics, international law, academic freedom, international cooperation, and Palestine / Israel has published a report calling for the suspension of all institutional ties between Dutch and Israeli universities.