Palestinian baby dies after treatment delayed by Israeli blockade of Gaza
Fatima al-Masri, a 19-month-old with a hole in her heart, waited five months for Israel to issue a permit allowing her to travel for treatment
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Al Mezan, CIHRS, and partners welcome the Human Rights Committee concluding observations on Israel emphasizing the “pre-existing systematic and structural discrimination against non-Jews
On 30 March 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee) issued its concluding observations on its review of Israel’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political….
Israel’s Universities Are for Students, Not Cops or Soldiers
An extraordinary incident took place on the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Monday. Four students in police uniforms, who are studying at the university as….
United Nations Human Rights Council Oral Intervention on Israeli Apartheid and report by the Special Rapporteur
Joint oral intervention Item 7 – ID with Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 24 March 2022 Delivered by: Elizabeth Rghebi….
Dear President Zelensky, your support for Israel is a disgrace
In an open letter, political analyst Asad Ghanem urges the Ukrainian president to stop employing double standards and to support the Palestinian struggle
A Lone Voice in the Sports World Asks: “What About Palestine?”
One of the greatest squash players on earth wants us to reckon with the hypocrisy of supporting Ukraine while ignoring other injustices.
Statement on the Academic Restrictions Israel is imposing on International Academics Visiting Palestine
On March 8, 2021, Israeli media outlets reported plans by the Israeli Ministry of Defense aiming to establish conditions under which Israel controls which foreign lecturers are allowed to teach….
The Seventh Palestinian Conference on Modern Trends in Mathematics and Physics
Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine, July 30- August 1, 2022
Letter to the European Mathematical Society Executive Committee concerning Russia and Israel
A group of mathematicians welcome the decision of the European Mathematical Society (EMS) to freeze academic cooperation with state institutions and business enterprises in Russia, in the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. They call on the EMS to apply the same universal principles it has so justifiably implemented with regard to Russia and to suspend academic cooperation with the Israeli corporate members until such time as their Palestinian colleagues will be able to enjoy the full academic and political rights to which they are entitled.
Call to Action Birzeit University Rejects Israeli Measures Against Academic Freedom
Birzeit University rejects Israel’s most recent attempt to constrict the fundamental right of Palestinians to education and to undermine the academic freedom and autonomy of Palestinian universities. Scheduled to take….