Academia for Equality Protest to UNESCO: Ariel University is Not in the State of Israel

Academia for Equality, an Israeli left-wing organization with a membership of more than 700 university and college lecturers and professors, sent the following letter last week to the International Association of Universities, International Universities Bureau at UNESCO: “We are writing to you regarding the status of the institute known as ‘Ariel University’. This institute is…

Israel Deports Detainee Palestinian-French Lawyer

Israel deported a Palestinian-French lawyer, Salah Hamouri to France early Sunday morning, in a case that an Israeli lawmaker, Ofer Cassif (Hadash), called a “gross violation of basic rights.” Hamouri, 37, had been held under a controversial practice known as administrative detention, which allows suspects to be detained for renewable periods of up to six…