500 Scholars Call for Academic Boycott of ’Israeli’ Institutions

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In excess of 500 Middle East studies scholars and librarians signed a petition boycotting "Israeli" academic institutions and submitted it for publication to the Jadaliyya website.

"World governments and mainstream media do not hold "Israel" accountable for its violations of international law. We, however, as a community of scholars engaged with the Middle East, have a moral responsibility to do so," it said.

It added: "The ongoing "Israeli" massacres in [seized] Gaza have been ghastly reminders of the complicity of "Israeli" academic institutions in the occupation and oppression of Palestinians. Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem [occupied East al-Quds], Bar- Ilan University, Haifa University, Technion, and Ben-Gurion University have publicly declared their unconditional support for the "Israeli" military."

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is posted as a logo along with the letter, which is signed by scholars from some of America's most prestigious academies.

Moreover, the scholars come from some of the following world universities: Princeton University, Yale, Harvard, University of Michigan, Duke University, Dartmouth College, University of Cambridge, Georgetown University, Columbia University, American University in Cairo, University of California- Berkeley, University of Tokyo, University of Oxford and the University of Toronto.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team