Press Release No. 2: Our conference will take place as planned, on November 13 and 14.
Despite the announcements made by the Minister of Education and Research and the Administrator of the Collège de France, we look forward to welcoming many of you.
Category: News
UNICEF Says Israel Blocking One Million Syringes Needed to Vaccinate Gaza Children
UNICEF said it faces serious challenges getting 1.6 million syringes and solar-powered fridges to store vaccine vials in Gaza as it launches a mass children’s vaccination campaign
Cancellation of a Conference on Palestine: Letter from the Academic Council of “Jewish Voice for Peace”
More than 120 scholars representing the Academic Council of the U.S. organization Jewish Voice for Peace express their concern and indignation over the Collège de France’s cancellation of the “Palestine and Europe” conference. “When such a highly esteemed institution such as the Collège de France allows itself to be pressured to censor scholarly activities, it risks not only losing its own academic independence and integrity but sets a worrisome precedent for universities struggling to maintain their internal standards and self-governing procedures during these increasingly authoritarian times.”
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse and teenager who have been deprived of natural light since January
A Journalist Asked Why Israel Isn’t Paying to Rebuild Gaza. It Cost Him His Job.
Italy’s Nova news agency confirmed it let reporter Gabriele Nunziati go for asking a European official about Israel at a press conference.
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
Israeli use of torture in prison rose sharply after 7 October, says freed Palestinian author
Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza war and tells of struggle to adjust to life outside
What to Do When Your Professional Association Breaks Your Heart
Public health professionals can sign the petition “Public health professionals object to suppression of views within American Public Health Association, and punishment of Professor Hagopian in the struggle for health in Palestine” here.
Read the text of Amy Hagopian, professor emeritus at the University of Washington School of Public Health, below.
The EU Commissioner for Research denies any ethical or legal issues with Horizon research funding to Israel
On October 15, a delegation representing European academics, with AURDIP among them, was received by the office of Commissioner Zaharieva, who is in charge of start-ups, research, and innovation at the European Commission. Here is the meeting report and the press release. We came away deeply disappointed, and the situation calls for further action.