We are very honored to have Nathan Thrall and Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man in conversation for the next installment of the Bisan Lecture Series, on Wednesday March 12th, at 7PM Palestine time.
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Healthcare workers are protected under international law yet hundreds were detained during the war. Now, some of Gaza’s most senior doctors have spoken of the violence and abuse they say they faced
A report released by Israel’s Association of University Heads says that boycott attempts are increasingly coming from institutions rather than students, ‘driven by political considerations.’ Researchers’ personal ties with overseas colleagues have also been affected
Over 160 Gaza healthcare workers, including senior doctors, remain detained in Israeli facilities, accused of illegal arrests and torture. The WHO and UN demand their release, citing violations of international law and the collapse of Gaza’s healthcare system.
Israel continues to perpetrate crimes, flouting every law, norm and moral principle. Now, it is seeking to hide its crimes and silence those who document and report them. We will continue our work to resist the occupation and apartheid and champion a future of freedom, equality and full human rights for everyone between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
The dehumanization of patients has led to the belief that medical care is a privilege, not a fundamental human right – directly contradicting the Hippocratic Oath
Escalating violence in the West Bank has killed 224 Palestinian children since January 2023, accounting for half of all child fatalities in the West Bank since UN records began in 2005
The Free University of Berlin canceled a lecture by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese. The newspaper Der Freitag published a statement from scientific organizations and NGOs calling for the protection of freedom of expression in higher education institutions.
The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) strongly condemns the Free University of Berlin’s cancellation of lectures by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese and Prof. Eyal Weizman, highlighting it as an act of political censorship and a violation of academic freedom. BRISMES criticizes the misuse of the IHRA definition of antisemitism to silence criticism of Israel and calls for a public apology, a reaffirmation of academic freedom, and the rejection of the IHRA definition. The letter underscores the need to protect open discourse and resist political interference in universities.
More than 200 civil society groups say governments have failed to prevent planes from being used to violate international law
