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• IRT Saint-Exupéry ends collaboration with Ariel University following calls from academics (1/15/2021) - A French technical institution has ended a collaboration agreement with Ariel University, which is located in an illegal Israeli settlement in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, following calls from academics in France. The French academic organization AURDIP wrote to the Institute of Technological Research (IRT) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on April 12, 2019 regarding its institutional collaboration […]
• Legitimising Ariel University further marginalises Palestinian rights (12/11/2020) - The US’ announcement that it now regards Israeli settlements as consistent with international law does not make them so, say eight senior academics Ahmed Abbes, Ofer Aharony, Nir Gov, Michael Harris, Assaf Kfoury, Anat Matar, Haynes Miller, George Smith At a recent ceremony at Ariel University, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, science and technology minister Izhar Shay and US ambassador to Israel David […]
• BBC Corrects Article Claiming Illegal Settlement-Based Ariel University Is Located in Israel (11/24/2020) - Following letters from academics and academic societies in the UK, BBC Future has corrected an article making the erroneous claim that Ariel University is located in Israel. Ariel University is, in fact, located in an illegal Israeli settlement built on occupied Palestinian land in violation of international law. A number of media outlets around the […]
• Ariel Settler University Pressures Scientific Journal to Legitimize Israeli Land Grabs (10/22/2020) - Under pressure from Ariel University and outside pro-Israeli settlement actors, the scientific journal Molecules has reversed its decision to withdraw a special issue after the guest editor from Ariel University refused to correct her affiliation falsely listing her university as in Israel. Ariel University is an Israeli academic institution located in an illegal Israeli settlement […]
• Scientific Journal Refuses Normalization of Illegal Israeli Settlement-Based Ariel University (9/28/2020) - Chemistry journal Molecules decides against false geographic labelling Nobel Chemistry Laureate George P Smith and Royal Society Fellow Malcolm H Levitt congratulate journal on principled decision The scientific journal Molecules has taken steps to avoid normalization of Ariel University, an Israeli academic institution located in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian territory in violation of international law. […]
• Letter To Journal Molecules on False Information in Guest Editor’s Affiliation (9/1/2020) - Below is a letter sent 29 July on behalf of the Ariel University Non-Recognition Campaign to the editors of the scientific journal Molecules Dear Molecules editors, We are writing on behalf of the campaign led by international scholars and guided by an esteemed Advisory Board in support of the call from authoritative Palestinian higher education bodies for non-recognition of […]
• Palestine-Global Mental Health Network Condemns Israeli Health Ministry Contract With Settlement-Based Ariel University (1/18/2020) - The Continuing Professional Development program would be required for Palestinian psychologists who are citizens of Israel. The Palestine-Global Mental Health Network (PGMHN) strongly condemns the recent decision of the Israeli Ministry of Health to award to “Ariel University” the bid for organizing and implementing a Continuing Professional Development program in mental health– a program which […]
• Legal Opinion by South African International Law Scholar John Dugard on Israeli Universities Operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (9/24/2019) - The following is a excerpt of a legal opinion by renowned international law scholar Prof. John Dugard on the question of whether Israeli universities operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are lawful under international law. See also the full text of the opinion on relations between the University of Cape Town and Israeli Universities. A. […]
• South African Legal Scholar John Dugard Supports the Call to End Ties With Ariel University (6/4/2019) - During the apartheid era in South Africa the international community, universities and scholars refused to recognize or have contact with universities that were established in South Africa’s Bantustans on the ground that they were creatures of apartheid. Ariel University must be treated in the same way for similar but more compelling reasons. First, it is […]
• Exeter University and College Union (UCU) AGM Formally Adopts Non-Collaboration With Ariel University (5/21/2019) - A General Meeting of Exeter University and College Union (UCU) voted unanimously on a resolution acknowledging that recognising degrees from Ariel University, or to collaborate with Ariel University in any way, would be complicity in the breaking of international law.
• Academics in France Write to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Institute of Technological Research Over Collaboration With Israeli Settlement-Based Ariel University (5/8/2019) - The Association of Academics for the Respect of International Law in Palestine (AURDIP) wrote to the President of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Institute of Technological Research, concerning the collaboration with Ariel University. which is located in an Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories.
• Prof. Noam Chomsky Supports Ariel University Non-Recognition Campaign (5/6/2019) - World-renowned linguist Noam Chomsky commented on the international campaign in support of the call from authoritative Palestinian bodies for non-recognition of and no ties with Ariel University, saying: It’s an excellent and very timely project. Ariel University is based in an illegal Israeli settlement on occupied Palestinian land. See more on the campaign.
• Media Outlets Correct Reporting on Ariel University (5/2/2019) - Multiple media outlets have corrected articles that included false claims of Ariel University being located in Israel. Ariel University is instead located in an illegal Israeli settlement built on occupied Palestinian land in violation of international law.
• Academics Urge University of Melbourne to Withdraw from Global Hemp Summit at Israeli Settlement-Based Ariel University (5/2/2019) - Australian academics and human rights organizations urge the University of Melbourne Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing to withdraw from conference at Israeli settlement-based Ariel University
• Leeds University Lecturers’ Union (UCU) Affirms Non-Cooperation With Illegal Israeli Settlement-Based Ariel University (5/2/2019) - At its General Meeting on May 2, 2019, Leeds UCU (the lecturers’ union) affirmed that any relations between Leeds University and Ariel University would be illegal, passing the following resolution, with 34 in favour, 1 against, and 7 abstentions. Similar motions have been approved by Exeter, Open University, Aberdeen, Brunel and Brighton UCU branches. “Leeds […]
• Exeter University and College Union (UCU) Votes Unanimously for Non-Collaboration With Ariel University (3/26/2019) - A General Meeting of Exeter University and College Union (UCU) voted unanimously on a resolution acknowledging that recognising degrees from Ariel University, or to collaborate with Ariel University in any way, would be complicity in the breaking of international law.
• Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies Asks Italian Ministry of Education to Evaluate Not Accrediting Ariel University (3/18/2019) - SeSaMO expresses serious concern over the so-called Ariel University Law enacted in 2018 by the Israeli parliament (Knesset), which extends legal authority of the State of Israel to higher education institutions built beyond the Green Line.
• Open University University and College Union Passes Motion on Non-Collaboration with Ariel University (3/17/2019) - The Open University branch of the University and College Union approved a motion at its General Meeting affirming that collaboration with Ariel University in any way would be complicity in international law violations. The Open University Branch of UCU notes that Israeli settlements in occupied territory constitute a breach of international law, as is affirmed […]
• Resolution on Ariel University discussed at Italian Middle East Studies Society (2/1/2019) - Text of the resolution on Ariel University discussed at the annual meeting of the Italian Middle East Studies Society (SeSaMO).
• Don’t Let Science Legitimise Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Territories (8/31/2018) - Scientists publish a letter on the Guardian expressing their concern over a physics workshop being held at Ariel University in a illegal settlement in the occupied Palestinian West Bank.