Indian academia in times of genocide
It is our duty, as academics and scientists, to do everything in our power to put pressure on the Israeli government to change its policy.
Category: Columns
Open letter to World Bank President Ajay Banga condemning the smear campaign against Massimiliano Cali
A group of scholars firmly rejects and condemns the toxic smear campaign targeting the World Bank Senior Economist, Mr. Massimiliano Cali. Mr. Cali is the husband of Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. It is clear that he is being singled out by bad-faith actors such as “UN Watch,” an organization with a long record of smearing critics of Israel, in a malign attempt to delegitimize and silence Ms. Albanese in her role as Special Rapporteur. This campaign comes in the wake of the shameful sanctions imposed on Ms. Albanese by the US government, and at a time when the Israeli government is intensifying its war on Gaza—a war that many respected institutions and leading experts have identified as genocidal.
Film Workers Pledge to end Complicity
Inspired by Filmmakers United Against Apartheid who refused to screen their films in apartheid South Africa, we pledge not to screen films, appear at or otherwise work with Israeli film institutions—including festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies—that are implicated* in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.
Terrified Palestinians in Gaza City are being bombed day and night
Without means to travel and no safe place to seek shelter, many Palestinians have no option but to stay in Gaza City despite the intensifying military offensive.
Classical Music For Palestine
In a rare public statement, more than 300 French and international musicians condemn “the support of Western powers for the genocidal policy of the State of Israel, which tramples international law and its institutions with total impunity.” They call on the so-called “classical” music world to clarify its stance on the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Al-Haq, PCHR, and Al-Mezan Condemn US Sanctions and Call for Global Solidarity to End the Genocide in Gaza and the Oppression of Palestinians
While the ongoing Israeli, US – backed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza is entering its third year, the United States (US), rather than end its complicity with Israel, has imposed sanctions against Al-Haq, Al-Mezan, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) – the leading human rights organisations working on international criminal accountability for perpetrators of atrocity crimes in Palestine.
Al Mezan Warns: Two Million Palestinians at Risk of Deadly Epidemics and Infectious Diseases
Gaza, 1 September 2025 – Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza continues unchecked as the international community fails to act. Alongside dozens of daily killings by the Israeli military and man-made famine, the lives of two million Palestinians are being placed at additional risk of epidemics and infectious diseases.
The IDF Has Killed 189 Palestinian Journalists in Gaza. Why Do Their Israeli Colleagues Remain Silent?
By ignoring the killing of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, their Israeli colleagues are adding a moral insult to the ethical and professional injury of under-reporting or even ignoring the plight of Gaza’s civilian population for the past 690 days
Europe and Arab States Are Asleep. Soon, Anything That Moves in Gaza City Will Be Killed
Imagine your friends, forced to flee for at least the eighth time – hungry, grieving, running from shells. As Gaza is emptied by bombs and bulldozers, Israeli silence is another form of violence
Why can’t Palestinian students from Gaza take up their university places in Britain?
Unless the UK expedites the safe passage of Palestinians with university offers, the government will have abetted the wiping out of scholarship in Gaza, says Oxford emeritus professor Avi Shlaim