Thoughts about the situation in Palestine, beyond music
Michele, an Italian musician who has taught and coordinated music projects in Palestine since 2004, has accepted to share with us his thoughts about the situation in Palestine, beyond music
Source: AURDIP
Dr. Tarek Loubani mourns Dr. Hani Al-Haitham, head of Shifa’s Emergency Room
Dr. Tarek Loubani is a professor at the University of Western Ontario (London, Canada) and an emergency physician who has provided care on the front lines and in hospitals in Gaza, particularly at al-Shifa Hospital. During the Great March of Return in 2018, he was injured in the leg. He published a post this morning to pay tribute to his colleague Dr. Hani Al-Haitham, head of Shifa’s Emergency Room, killed with his family by the Israeli army
Exchange between AURDIP and France Universités concerning the war in Gaza
France Universités (formerly the Conference of University Presidents) replied to the AURDIP letter regarding the war in Gaza. Ivar Ekeland, president of AURDIP, responds to them on the discriminatory treatment that France Universités imposes on Palestinian universities.
Letter from AURDIP to France Universités concerning the war in Gaza
Ivar Ekeland, president of the French Organization of Academics for the Respect of International Law in Palestine, wrote to France Universités (formerly Conference of University Presidents) to ask them to comment on the siege of Gaza as they expressed themselves on the attack of October 7, 2023 and on the invasion of Ukraine. Quoting the United Nations Secretary General who declared that the siege of Gaza was not a humanitarian crisis, but a crisis of humanity, the honorary president of Paris-Dauphine University asked his colleagues to sanction Israeli universities as they sanction Russian universities.
United Nations Human Rights Council Oral Intervention on Israeli Apartheid and report by the Special Rapporteur
Joint oral intervention Item 7 – ID with Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 24 March 2022 Delivered by: Elizabeth Rghebi….
Statement on the Academic Restrictions Israel is imposing on International Academics Visiting Palestine
On March 8, 2021, Israeli media outlets reported plans by the Israeli Ministry of Defense aiming to establish conditions under which Israel controls which foreign lecturers are allowed to teach….
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, giant in fight against apartheid South Africa, dies at 90
The Nobel laureate, often described as the moral conscience of his nation, died on Boxing Day in Cape Town. Desmond Tutu was a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause. Following….
Instead of signing a new agreement with Israeli apartheid, the EU would do better to support Palestinian civil society
_ Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Ms. Mariya Gabriel European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture,….
AURDIP’s Webinar by Dr. Sara Roy : “Scarcity as a Form of Control: How Does Gaza Live?”
Dr. Sara Roy from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University will be giving the next AURDIP’s Webinar on Tuesday February 2 at 5 p.m. (Paris time). If….
Open letter by scientists protesting against the organization of the next International Physics Olympiad in Israel
Twenty scientists, including the 2018 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry George P. Smith, wrote an open letter to the organizers of the next International Physics Olympiad to protest against its holding in Israel.