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Harvard Reverses Decision: Ken Roth to Be Reinstated as Fellow

January 19, 2023

Following strong protests, Harvard University Dean Douglas W. Elmendorf announced Thursday that he would reverse his decision to deny a fellowship to the former head of Human Rights Watch (HRW), Kenneth Roth, the Harvard Crimson […]

Universities, Don’t Silence Critics of Israel: On the Termination of Kenneth Roth by Harvard

January 17, 2023

If you’ve been closely following coverage of how Israeli ideologues censor pro-Palestinian voices you’ve likely heard by now of former Human Rights Watch executive director, Kenneth Roth.  In recent weeks he’s received considerable media attention […]

Kenneth Roth Asks, ‘Harvard President, Do you Stand for Academic Freedom?’ (VIDEO)

January 13, 2023

Palestine Deep Dive’s (PDD) latest show hosts human rights pioneer, Kenneth Roth, in collaboration with the Foreign Press Association (FPA) of New York. Titled, “Kenneth Roth: On Harvard University’s ban & Why Human Rights Campaigners […]

UK University Excludes Palestinian Staff, Palestine Scholars from IHRA Discussion

November 16, 2022

The University of Edinburgh has excluded Palestinian staff and scholars of Palestine from a task group set up to discuss the repercussions of the highly controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, the […]

McGill University Administration Amps up Anti-Palestinian Campaign

May 7, 2022

The McGill administration and Israel lobby have waged a multiyear campaign against student democracy and Palestinian solidarity and recently threatened the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) financial arrangement after students voted overwhelmingly for the […]

New Survey: Majority of US Academics Think Israel is ‘One State Reality Akin to Apartheid’

April 13, 2022

Sixty percent of academics and scholars in Middle Eastern studies across several American universities have described Israel’s occupation of Palestine as “a one state reality akin to apartheid,” a new survey shows. Conducted jointly by […]

US Academic Body Protests Israeli Directive Denying Palestinians Right to Education

April 6, 2022

The largest Middle East academic body in North America protested on Tuesday an Israeli directive denying Palestinians the right to education, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) said […]

Thousand of Middle East Studies Scholars Endorse BDS Resolution

March 25, 2022

Thousands of academics who are members of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) have voted to endorse a boycott of Israel, the Middle East Monitor reported. The resolution “endorses the Palestinian call for solidarity in […]

Europe’s Largest University Cancels Event Linked to Amnesty International’s Damning Report on Israel

March 22, 2022

La Sapienza University of Rome, which is considered the largest university in Europe, has reportedly canceled on Monday evening an event aimed at presenting Amnesty International’s recent findings labeling Israel an apartheid state. In a […]

International Organizations, Academics Call for Sanctions on Israel

March 22, 2022

Dozens of international organizations, human rights networks, academics, and researchers from forty-five countries have called on the UN and the West to sanction Israel for its occupation of Palestine and its apartheid regime, the official […]

SOAS University ‘Forcibly Removes’ Students Protesting Academic Partnership with Israel

March 5, 2022

The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University has forcibly removed students who were occupying university premises in protest over the London-based university’s ties with Israel’s University of Haifa, The New Arab reported on […]

Public Intellectual: The Life of a Citizen Pilgrim (Book Review)

February 12, 2022

(Public Intellectual: The Life of a Citizen Pilgrim. Richard Falk. Clarity Press, Atlanta, GA. 2021) Writing an autobiography after experiencing the greater part of a century as a public intellectual has resulted in Richard Falk’s […]

Palestinian Academic Shahd Abusalama Reinstated at UK University

January 29, 2022

A UK-based Palestinian academic at Sheffield Hallam University has been reinstated in her teaching post, one week after she was suspended following a smear campaign by supporters of Israel, The New Arab reported. Shahd Abusalama […]

Palestinian Academic Suspended by UK University Following Israeli Lobby Pressure

January 24, 2022

British University Sheffield Hallam has suspended a Palestinian Ph.D. student from teaching, following a smear campaign by the Israeli lobby, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.  Shahd Abusalama, a Palestinian activist, writer and artist […]

Toronto University Rejects IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

December 15, 2021

The controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism has been rejected by the University of Toronto’s Antisemitism Working Group, according to an official statement recently released by the university. The move follows a […]

After Corbyn, Israel Lobby Turns Its Guns on UK Academia

October 19, 2021

The Israel lobby appears to be readying for a campaign to root out left-wing academics in the UK critical of Israel’s continuing oppression of the Palestinian people – echoing its efforts against the previous leader […]

Israeli Officials Intervene to Remove US Academic Who Criticized Israel

October 1, 2021

Israeli diplomats put pressure on the dean of a US university to remove a teacher who criticized Israel, using allegations of antisemitism, The Middle East Monitor reported. Details of the intervention by Israeli consular officials, […]

University Departments, Scholars Urge End to Israeli Apartheid

May 27, 2021

In an unprecedented wave of solidarity, more than 300 academic departments, programs, centers, unions, and societies worldwide have endorsed statements in support of Palestinian rights in response to Israel’s violent attacks on Palestinians this month. […]

Palestinian Professor Says He was Denied Job because of His Views on Israel

April 22, 2021

A Palestinian professor said that he was denied a job because of his views on Israel and has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Illinois Congresswoman Marie Newman. Iymen Chehade is a Professor of […]

Lecture by Angela Davis Canceled after Pressure from Pro-Israel Students

April 1, 2021

Butler University in Indianapolis has canceled a scheduled event featuring iconic political activist Angela Davis this week in what seems to be another example of the ongoing campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists against the American civil […]

Jewish Faculty Members in Canada Oppose Adoption of IHRA Antisemitism Definition

March 29, 2021

Amid growing concern over the weaponizing of antisemitism by staunch advocates of the state of Israel, Jewish faculty members in Canadian universities are opposing the adoption of the highly controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) […]

London Academic Board Urges University Council to Drop IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism

February 12, 2021

University College London’s Academic Board has today voted in favor of urging the university council to retract its adoption of the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism as it “is not for purpose within a university setting […]

Israel Lobby Will Face Blowback, Eventually

October 2, 2020

How much is too much? When will Israeli nationalists in North America completely discredit themselves by overusing their power to crush those defending Palestinians? The recent ruthlessness of the Israel lobby is remarkable. Recently they’ve […]

‘Whose Narratives?’: On the Suppression of Palestinian Speech

September 28, 2020

“If you have any doubt that the panic over “cancel Culture,” writes Steven Salaita, “as presented by the corporate media, is in aggregate a reactionary phenomenon (with a distinctly Zionist subtext),” then consider that for […]

Canada University Rescinds Job Offer Due to Pressure from Pro-Israel Donor

September 18, 2020

The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law has become embroiled in controversy following a decision by the dean of the prestigious law school to rescind an offer of directorship to prominent international academic Valentina Azarova […]

Israeli Academics’ Invitation to SA Conference Withdrawn after BDS Pressure

December 1, 2018

Seven academics from three Israeli universities have had their invitations to attend a conference at the University of Stellenbosch withdrawn. "The withdrawal of the invitation to Israeli academics from the upcoming Recognition, Reparation, Reconciliation Conference at Stellenbosch […]

NSJP & YPM Statement on Institutional Opposition to Conference at UCLA

November 26, 2018

Co-Sponsored By: Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine, UCLA (GSJP) Jewish Voice for Peace, Los Angeles (JVP – LA) Campaign to TAKE ON HATE United States Palestinian Community […]

Top Academics and Scientists Oppose Conference in Israeli Settlement

September 3, 2018

Ariel University in occupied Palestine is the wrong venue for an international conference on cosmology and particle physics, a group of science experts said Friday in a letter rejecting whitewashing of Israeli colonial activities in […]

Pro Hamas Bloc Wins Birzeit University Student Elections for 4th Year in Row (VIDEO)

May 10, 2018

Al Wafaa’ Islamic Bloc won 24 seats out of 51 in the Birzeit University Students Council elections with a total of 3,784 votes. For the fourth year, #Hamas won the student council seats at Birzeit […]

Stephen Hawking, a Friend of Palestine, Dies Aged 76

March 14, 2018

By Palestine Chronicle Staff Stephen Hawking, a renowned physicist, and ambassador of science passed away last night, aged 76. Stephen Hawking, modern cosmology's brightest star, dies aged 76 https://t.co/z0NcIdM5iy — The Guardian (@guardian) March 14, […]

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