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
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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.
Israeli forces shoot dead 17-year-old Palestinian boy near Nablus
17-year-old Jameel Atef Jameel Hanani was killed by Israeli forces in Beit Furik in the northern occupied West Bank. (Photo: Courtesy of the Hanani family)
Israeli forces fatally shoot 15-year-old Palestinian boy in Silwad
Israeli forces shot and killed 15-year-old Yamen Hamed Yousef Hamed on October 30 in Silwad in the central occupied West Bank. (Photo: Courtesy of the Hamed family)
We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust
Professor Marianne Hirsch on how the way we teach the “crime of all crimes” informs our understanding of Gaza.
Senate statement on Gaza, Palestine
The Senate at SOAS is responsible for advising the Board of Trustees on the strategic development and future direction of the university’s academic activities. It is part of the academic governance structure at SOAS that seeks to bring together the academic voice at SOAS to address matters affecting the academic scope, academic structure and academic standards of the university.
Today, the Senate has published a ‘Senate Statement on Scholasticide in Gaza, Palestine’ and committed to the following actions:
‘No restrictions’ and a secret ‘wink’: Inside Israel’s deal with Google, Amazon
To secure the lucrative Project Nimbus contract, the tech giants agreed to disregard their own terms of service and sidestep legal orders by tipping Israel off if a foreign court demands its data, a joint investigation reveals.
Lynch Mobs, Arson, Slaughter of Herds: West Bank Faces Unprecedented Israeli Violence
Israeli settler militias, backed by soldiers, are laying waste to Palestinian communities – beating residents, torching crops, smashing cars, slaughtering animals. Jonathan Pollak, who accompanies Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest, recounts what he’s witnessed – and how he nearly paid for it with his life
In a West Bank ‘firing zone,’ Palestinians are erased as settlers lay down roots
While settlers’ concrete mixers rumble under the Israeli army’s watch, Palestinian life in Masafer Yatta is being dismantled piece by piece.