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Mapping academic boycotts across the world

Across the world, universities have already cut ties with Israeli institutions complicit in apartheid and genocide.

CountryUniversityDateComment
BelgiumGhent UniversityMay 31Cutting ties with all lsraeli Universities and commits to taking the lead in urging the EU to exclude Israel from EU research funding programs
BelgiumAntwerp UniversityMay 31Suspends collaboration with complicit companies and universities
BelgiumVrije University BrusselJune 1withdraw from @eu_science project involving two complicit Israeli entities, commits to reviewing all projects in which complicit Israeli entities participate.
BelgiumUniversité libre de BruxellesMay 28suspends agreements and research projects with Israeli universities

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University of HelsinkiJune 2suspends exchange programs with complicit Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University. It won’t resume the programs without an ethical review.
HollandGerrit Ritveld Academie AmsterdamJune 4suspends exchange agreements with complicit Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and Jerusalem School of Visual Theater over “sufficient doubt whether the academies can operate independently from the Israeli government.” The arts academy commits to establishing an “ethical framework” for ongoing and new partnerships and supplier contracts.
Mexico
Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE)June 6revokes agreement with complicit Tel Aviv University following student and faculty mobilizations.
Canada10 faculty unionsJune 7unions at universities in Canada have voted motions calling on their institutions to boycott and divest from institutions and corporations complicit in Israel’s grave violations of Palestinian rights and international law.
SlovakietUniversity of LjubljanaJune 1not to join projects that include Israeli universities with “possible connections to military structures.”
SpainUniversity of BarcelonaMay 31to end ties with Israel’s Gaza genocide and its underlying “structural causes” inflicting suffering on the Palestinian people
SpainConference of University Rectors in Spain (representing 76 universities in Spain)May 10suspends collaborations with complicit Israeli universities
SpainUniversity of OviedoMay 19suspends agreement with Hebrew University (HUJI)
SpainThe University of the Basque CountryApril 26no institutional ties with companies or Israeli universities complicit in Israel’s “crimes against humanity” and that “do not respect human rights, international law or United Nations resolutions regarding Palestinians.”
HollandDutch royal Academy of ArtsMay 14cut ties with Israel’s Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design
South AfricaUniversity of Cape TownApril 23refuse ties with “any research group and/or network whose author affiliations are with the Israeli Defence Force, and/or the broader Israeli military establishment
ItalyUniversity of MilanApril 19suspends agreement with illegal Israeli settlement-based Ariel University and pledges not to renew it following student mobilizations.
USAPitzer CollegeApril 15Drops a collaboration agreement with the University of Haifa
ItalyUniversity of TorinoMarch 25the University of Torino Academic Senate resolves not to participate in scientific research call with complicit Israeli institutions
NorwayOsloMetMarch 7ended ties with Haifa University, pledged not to enter into any new agreements with complicit Israeli universities, and will work to end procurement contracts with suppliers linked to Israel’s military or illegal settlements.
NorwayUniversity of South Eastern NorwayMarch 7ended ties with Haifa University & Hadassah Academic College.
NorwayThe University of Bergen
March 7
ended its cooperation agreements with Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design after it created a workshop on campus to design and sew uniforms and gear for the Israeli military.
NorwayThe Bergen School of ArchitectureMarch 7ended its cooperation agreements with Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design over its work with the Israeli military.

Norway
Nord UniversityMarch 7suspended agreements with complicit Israeli universities.
IrelandUniversity College CorkJuly 15agrees to student encampment demands to divest from companies complicit in Israel’s violations of Palestinian rights and establish an ethical/human rights framework to govern all partnerships, including participation in Horizon Eu.
CanadaUniversity of WindsorJuly 15Following a student encampment, University of Windsor agrees to no institutional ties with Israeli universities “until the right of Palestinian self-determination has been realized
South AfricaUniversity of VendaJuly 12The Senate of the University of Venda in South Africa suspends with “immediate effect” all ties with complicit Israeli universities in a stand with the Palestinian people. The university’s decision is informed by its “strong opposition” to apartheid
United KingdomUniversity College LondonJuly 12Following student & staff mobilizations, University College London Academic Board votes overwhelmingly to review:
– ties with arms companies or those supplying states accused of genocide;
– investments in companies complicit in human rights violations.
South AfricaUniversity of South AfricaJuly 11“We make this statement understanding fully well the role that international solidarity played in supporting our struggle against colonialism and apartheid.”
University of South Africa Senate endorses Palestinian call to boycott complicit Israeli institutions.
South AfricaUniversity of Fort HareJuly 11University of Fort Hare, where Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu studied, commits to no institutional links with Israeli academic institutions “as these have played a key role in supporting settler colonial oppression and apartheid” against Palestinians.
South AfricaNelson Mandela UniversityJuly 10Nelson Mandela University Senate votes to support a comprehensive boycott of complicit Israeli academic institutions and companies complicit in Israel’s crimes against Palestinians “to exemplify the legacy of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.”
South AfricaUniversity of the Western CapeJuly 2Following campus mobilizations, University of the Western Cape will:
– fully disengage from complicit Israeli universities in support of the Palestinian call
– advocate for all South African universities to do the same
– divest from complicit companies
BelgiumUniversity of LiegeJuly 1Following a student encampment, University of Liège commits to no ties with Israeli universities or any partner complicit in Israel’s Gaza Genocide and its violations of international law and Palestinian rights.
ItalyPolytechnic of the MarcheJune 29Following a student encampment, the Polytechnic of the Marche in Italy has ended ties with illegal Israeli settlement-based Ariel University. The university has also established a committee to review all institutional ties, including with the arms industry.
South AfricaUniversity of Cape TownJune 28University of Cape Town Council adopts Senate’s motions refusing ties with “any research group and/or network whose author affiliations are with the Israeli Defence Force, and/or the broader Israeli military establishment” over Israel’s Gaza Genocide
SpainUniversity of the Basque Country June 26Vice-rector of Gipuzkoa campus of the University of the Basque Country pledges no new agreements with Basque transport firm CAF as long as it continues to be involved in the Jerusalem light rail project that serves Israel’s illegal settlements.
MoroccoAbdelmalek Essaâdi UniversityJune 23Abdelmalek Essaâdi University in Morocco pledges to review its 2022 academic agreement with complicit University of Haifa following a petition by 600 professors and staff members in solidarity with the Palestinian people
CanadaUniversity of Quebec in MontrealJune 23University of Quebec in Montreal votes to ensure that no current or future academic agreement, “including with Israeli universities,” conflicts with its principles & for UQAM Foundation to ensure it has no direct investment in entities profiting from war.
ItalyUniversity of PalermoJune 22University of Palermo Academic Senate votes no new ties with complicit Israeli universities and to review current & future agreements with potential use for the military, oppression, discrimination or aggression “as is happening now in Gaza.”
NetherlandsNetherlands Institute for Advanced StudyJune 7Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study commits to:
– refuse funding from Israel;
– not participate in activities organized or sponsored by Israel;
– not invite official representatives of Israel to its events or venues.
BrasilFederal University of CaeraJanuary 11The Federal University of Ceara in Brazil has cancelled its partnership with Ben Gurion University
United States of AmericaUC RiversideMay 3rdshut down many exchange agreements, including all agreements with Israel.
FranceSciences Po BordeauxMayCut ties with Ben Gourion University, and revoke all student exchange agreements with Israel.
FranceSciences Po StrasbourgOctober 31stCancelled a student exchange agreement with the Reichmann University in Tel Aviv

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