The board of the Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences of the Universitat de València has unanimously approved the exclusion of Israel from the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The faculty’s management believes that allowing the State of Israel to participate is a tacit acceptance of its crimes against humanity.
As a research institute we choose not to issue general political statements, although we obviously condemn all violence against civilians. We are specifically concerned with situations in which academic freedoms are under threat, including those that have followed upon the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th and the Israeli war in Gaza, in particular the scholasticide or total devastation of the academic infrastructure in Gaza.
Inclusion comes after eight months of the country’s bombing of Gaza which has killed 13,000 children
Israel says it targeted Hamas fighters in strike on school where hospital officials say displaced Palestinians were sheltering
Airburst Munitions Used Unlawfully in Populated Areas
A senior USAID adviser said he was pressured to resign days after the agency censored his presentation.
The legislation that the National Union of Students is advocating, which seeks to harm any university lecturer who dares to express criticism of Israel and its policies, testifies to the fact that the heads of the organization lack a basic understanding of the principles of democracy.
Health workers killed in the Gaza war have included more than 50 highly qualified specialists who were seeking to create a healthcare system for a Palestinian state, Reuters found. With each specialist killed, Gaza lost a network of knowledge that will take years to rebuild.
The students who edit the journal sought out the article by a Palestinian scholar who was censored by Harvard Law Review last year.
A newly proposed bill aiming to quash political dissent at universities is straight out of the illiberal playbook
