Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’
Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid
Category: Columns
Call to Senior University Administrators to Refuse the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
We, the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network and allies, urge all universities to refuse to adopt the problematic and confusing International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance [IHRA] Working Definition of Antisemitism. We urge university administrators across a broad spectrum to join in asserting that protest and criticism of state violence constitute protected speech on campuses.
Law & Society Institute, Humboldt University Berlin Repeatedly Violates Academic Integrity by Inviting Israeli Supreme Court Judge
Law & Society Institute, Humboldt University Berlin Repeatedly Violates Academic Integrity by Inviting Israeli Supreme Court Judge
Gaza has been failed by silence and impunity
Gaza is on the brink of famine. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a multistakeholder global initiative aimed at enhancing food security and nutrition analysis, reports that the entire population….
The Catastrophic Displacement from Jenin Camp: Where Is the Palestinian Authority?
Jenin – One hundred days have passed since the launch of the Israeli military operation known as “Iron Wall” targeting the camps of northern West Bank—most notably the Jenin refugee….
Uppsala Declaration of Conscientious Objection
Faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research declare their conscientious objection to collaborate with Israeli institutions complicit in illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, and other violations of international law…..
Mathematics and Moral Responsibility: The IMO and the Genocide in Gaza
Over 700 mathematicians have signed an open letter urging the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) Board to take a principled stand — consistent with its own past decisions — in response to Israel’s ongoing genocidal war in Gaza. The letter calls for the suspension of Israel’s IMO membership while still allowing its students to participate as individuals, as was done with Russia in 2022. Among the signatories are some of the world’s most renowned mathematicians, including Fields Medalists Timothy Gowers, David Mumford, and Cédric Villani, along with numerous IMO contestants and team leaders. Despite the killing of thousands of children, the destruction of Gaza’s schools, and the blocking of the Palestinian team from the 2024 IMO, the Board has taken no action. Two students from Gaza are still preparing for the 2025 competition — displaced, starving, and under constant bombardment — while the IMO amended its rules last year to suppress any discussion of the situation.
Nidal, You’re Dying in an Israeli Prison and I Don’t Know How to Save Your Life
You are dying of hunger and colitis in Megiddo Prison, where you’re held without charges or a trial. May your captor-starvers be damned
Yoliswa Dwane Lecture: the war on Palestinian children
“A nuclear power considers a sick baby to be a security concern.”
Israeli-born legal scholar Dr Noam Peleg gave this year’s Yoliswa Dwane Lecture on 6 May. The annual lecture is hosted by Equal Education and UCT’s Centre for Law and Society, in memory of activist and Equal Education co-founder Yoliswa Dwane who died of cancer in 2022. This is a lightly edited and slightly shortened transcript of the lecture.
I’m an Israeli professor. Why is my work in Harvard’s antisemitism report?
Harvard is conflating Jewish identity with political loyalty to Israel. That’s a dangerous mistake