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• 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. The motion follows a similar motion approved by Exeter UCU. “Leeds UCU notes that Israeli settlements […]
• 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.
• 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).