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Scholasticide Continues: Israel’s Ongoing Destruction of Gaza’s Education System Jeopardizes an Entire Generation’s Future

Posted on | Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights

The growing impact of malnutrition among children and students in Gaza—driven by the Israeli-imposed blockade and its deliberate policy of starvation and denial of humanitarian aid—has become a key factor undermining academic performance. The deteriorating humanitarian conditions and widespread food insecurity have led to a sharp rise in malnutrition rates, impairing students’ physical and cognitive development and significantly diminishing their ability to concentrate and engage in learning.

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Pierre Nicodème on the Complicity of the Ministry of Higher Education with Reichman University: “Disgust and Anger”

Posted on | Pierre Nicodème

Pierre Nicodème, a retired mathematician and computer scientist at the CNRS, is returning the CNRS Medal of Honor, which he received in 2013, in response to pressure from the Ministry of Higher Education on the IEP of Strasbourg to maintain its partnership with Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel. In an open letter we publish here, he expresses “disgust and anger” at the ministry’s political choices. It is also an occasion for him to offer a personal testimony as a committed intellectual on how France, over the past two decades (since Nicolas Sarkozy’s election in 2007), has completely abandoned any concern for justice and balance in its handling of the Palestinian issue.

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ISRAELI ACADEMICS: US GOVERNMENT ATTACK ON UNIVERSITIES DOES NOT PROTECT US

Posted on | Israeli academics

We stand in solidarity with our US-based colleagues—whether they are  US citizens, permanent residents, or academic visa holders. We consider the US Administration’s invocations of antisemitism to be disingenuous, thinly veiled attacks against Muslims, Palestinians, pro-Palestinian, and international students, serving as a pretext for the violent suppression of protected speech and the abolition of the university as a space for free inquiry. We also recognize that the same rhetoric can quickly turn on us or other groups if and when it serves the Administration’s interests. We stand alongside our colleagues firmly against this dangerous assault on academia.