In the months following the outbreak of hostilities in gaza, a wave of academic boycotts targeting israeli universities has surged across europe, leaving many israeli researchers and professors increasingly isolated from their international peers While a fragile cease‑fire now holds on the ground, the diplomatic and cultural ramifications of the conflict continue to echo through university. More than 1,200 israeli academics have issued an open letter calling on the heads of israeli academic institutions to “speak out” and act to stop the war on gaza. Israeli academics are outraged by the ostracism they have been facing since the start of the war and before it, but they should instead condemn the military for destroying gaza's higher education and denounce israeli universities that benefit reservists. Israeli human rights organisations have documented hundreds of cases of students and academics being expelled and disciplined for expressing even mild criticism of the war. According to a report published on monday by the israeli newspaper haaretz, nearly one thousand instances of academic boycott have been recorded against israelis since the war began in.
Hundreds of academics from universities and colleges across israel have called for an end to the war in gaza, warning of moral collapse across the country.
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