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• Briefing: EU Taxpayer-Funded Research Programmes and Illegal Israeli Settlement Entities (3/29/2021) - The Ariel University Non-Recognition Campaign and the European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine has published a briefing on involvement of Ariel University and other settlement entities in taxpayer-funded EU research programmes. Update, 20 April 2021: Following the initial publication of this briefing, incriminating documents, including project deliverables, demonstrating the involvement of Ariel University […]
• Guide for Journal Editorial Boards: Avoid Normalising Illegal Israeli Settlement-Based Ariel University (3/4/2021) - Ariel University is an Israeli academic institution located in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian territory. These Israeli settlements constitute a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Authoritative Palestinian higher education bodies are calling for non-recognition of and non-collaboration with Ariel University due […]
• 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 […]
• 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.
• 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.
• More Than Half of the Invited Speakers Withdraw From Scientific Workshop at Israeli Settlement University (8/20/2018) - Six of the eleven invited speakers have confirmed their withdrawal from a physics workshop at Ariel University, which is built on occupied Palestinian land in an illegal Israeli settlement.
• Women’s Studies Conference in Thailand Cuts Ties with Israeli Settlement University (8/20/2018) - Bangkok's Kasetsart University ends partnership with Ariel University for June 2018 Women's Studies Conference.
• European Association of Social Anthropology Approves Motion on Non-Collaboration With Israeli Institutions in Occupied Palestinian West Bank (8/14/2018) - The European Association of Social Anthropology becomes the European academic association to pledge non-cooperation with academics institutions in illegal Israeli settlements
• Israeli Anthropological Association: We Won’t Cooperate With Institutions in the West Bank (6/26/2018) - Members of the Israeli Anthropological Association passed a decision not to cooperate with institutes of higher education that are located beyond the Green Line.