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First Palestinian Advanced Physics School
Professor Stephen Hawking, University of Cambridge, member of the International Advisory Board for the “Palestinian Advanced Physics School”, expressed his support for the school: I am very glad to see….
Nature: Israel must release Palestinian physicist
The repeated imprisonment of the respected Palestinian astrophysicist Professor Imad Barghouthi, of Al-Quds University, has caused dismay in the international academic community. As a result a letter outlining both the abusive use of the Israeli legal system against him, and the wider pattern of Israeli restrictions on Palestinian academic freedom, was submitted to Nature. The letter was signed by 14 scientists, including leading physicist Freeman Dyson at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; David Mumford, recipient of the Fields Medal 1974 (the “Nobel prize of math”); and Chandler Davis, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Toronto.
Nature shortened the submitted letter drastically, omitting entirely the context of Israeli assaults on Palestinian higher education. What follows is, first, the letter as printed in Nature; and second, the text of the original letter.
Two open letters on behalf of Professor Barghouthi, signed by hundreds of scientists, were previously sent to the Israeli prime minister->http://www.csun.edu/ vcmth00m/IBletter.html] and to the [European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation.
EU: Israeli occupation is ‘root’ cause of violence
EU states, in an internal report drafted last year, have said the outbreak of Palestinian knife and car-ramming attacks against Israelis in Jerusalem is due, in large part, to Israel’s….
11 Palestinians injured with live fire after clashes erupt near Birzeit University in Ramallah
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — At least 11 Palestinian youths were injured Thursday night in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah, after Israeli undercover forces and soldiers opened live fire….
CUNY Responds To BDS Activism On Campuses With Move To Control Free Expression
The City University of New York (CUNY), one of the nation’s largest public college systems, has proposed a policy to regulate freedom of expression. A graduate of CUNY’s School of….
How Antisemitic are You?
OK, the title is mostly to get you reading. This article is really about how to read the Chakrabarti Report into antisemitism in the Labour Party (and we will get….
Eleven signs that BDS continues to grow despite Israel’s war of repression
The Palestinian-led, global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement was launched eleven years ago as a nonviolent and effective means for progressive people and organisations across the world to support….
Israel Blocking Plan to Double Water Supply to West Bank
Some government agencies are keen to increase supply to both settlers and Palestinians, but politicians are putting up obstacles. Either way, the Palestinians are ending up with much less.
Standing in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Gaza
Ten years of siege, two years since the 2014 Israeli massacre – it’s high time for accountability and for a two-way military embargo on Israel!