Over 1,470 Israeli Academics Call for End to War in Gaza

Over 1,470 academic staff and administrators from all institutions of higher education in Israel have signed a petition urging the Israeli far-right government to promptly end the war in Gaza and to secure the immediate release of the hostages. Lecturers and student’s protest against the war in Gaza and for the release of hostages held…

Police Arrested Hebrew University Prof. Shalhoub-Kevorkian

Hebrew University professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian was arrested on Thursday afternoon, April 18, on suspicion of incitement. She was transferred to the crime-fighting unit for investigation. Two weeks ago, the police recommended opening a criminal investigation against the lecturer. The head of investigations and intelligence in the police, Superintendent Yigal Ben Shalom, recommended to the prosecutor’s…

Israeli Academics Face McCarthyistic Campaign

The Israel Police are weighing whether to open an investigation against Tel Aviv University Dr. Anat Matar, a leading member of Academia for Equality. saying her online eulogizing on Tuesday, April 9, the late Palestinian prisoner Walid Daka may constitute “support of and incitement to terror.” Matar, a senior lecturer in the Department of Philosophy,…