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  1. Report: Even after the war ended [*], the academic boycott of Israel is intensifying

    Israel's "Task Force for Combating the Academic Boycott of the Association of University Heads" warns in a report published today that the academic boycott of Israel could lead it into dangerous scientific isolation.

    According to the VERA (Association of University Heads) report published today (May 14, 2026), Israel's academic boycott is accelerating, not slowing.

    #Belgium, #Netherlands, #UK, #Spain, and Italy lead the boycott activity. Germany and Italy have so far blocked EU-level sanctions on Israel, but the pressure at the institutional level keeps building regardless of what governments do.

    Horizon Europe "the crown jewel" is slipping. Attempts to exclude Israel from the EU's €95.5B research program surged 150% in the last six months. Israel's participation has already halved - from €303M in grants (2022) to €119M (2025). The next Horizon agreements are up for renewal in 2027-2028, and the EU is openly questioning whether Israel shares the "values" required to stay in.

    The "ceasefire" changed nothing. The assumption that stopping the bombing of Gaza would reverse the boycott was wrong. The boycott movement "quickly adjusted" - citing the war on Iran, operations in Lebanon, settlement expansion in the West Bank, the death penalty bill for Palestinians, and Knesset members openly endorsing violence against Palestinians.

    It's not just symbolic. 1,120 boycott incidents recorded. 41% involved suspension of active research cooperation. 29% involved physical disruption of lectures and conferences. 9% involved damage to research grants. Individual researcher boycotts (57% of cases in 2024-25) are now shifting to institutional and professional association level boycotts - a structural escalation.

    Israel's identification with the US under Trump is compounding the damage. European resentment of Trump's foreign policy (tariffs, NATO hostility, Venezuela/Iran adventurism) spills onto Israel, which is seen as Washington's fully aligned proxy. The EU is asking whether shared values still exist.

    #BDS is "working as designed." The BDS movement explicitly states its academic boycott campaign has "pushed Israel to the margins" of Horizon Europe. The report concedes there's "no substitute" for Horizon - Asian partnerships can't replace it. Israel faces irreversible scientific isolation.

    [...] VERA warns that scientific research in Israel depends on Israeli researchers' connections with colleagues abroad. Participation in the Horizon program provides not only an irreplaceable boost of valuable funding, but also allows Israeli researchers to form research partnerships, interact with researchers from European and non-European countries, and influence the continent's scientific-academic agenda from within.

    41% - Suspension of Cooperation: This is the most common type of incident. It refers to the explicit and tangible severance of research partnerships and collaborations.

    29% - Disruption of Lectures & Conferences: The second-largest category, this involves public actions aimed at preventing Israeli academics from speaking or participating in academic events.

    9% - Damage to Grants: Direct harm to the funding of Israeli research projects.

    9% - "Antisemitic" Comments: Incidents involving explicitly antisemitic rhetoric.

    7% - Difficulty in Publications: Obstacles faced by Israeli academics in getting their work published in academic journals.

    5% - Peer Review: Refusal by international academics to peer-review research submitted by their Israeli colleagues.

    Via [Hebrew] haaretz.co.il/news/education/2

    See also English report ynetnews.com/article/hkree0fyme (Haaretz contextualizes the boycott by reporting what Israel did to provoke it, while right-wing nationalistic Ynet frames the boycott as an irrational hate campaign ["Hatred map," "improper discrimination," antisemitism emphasis] with Israel as a passive victim.)

    Full report in Hebrew vera.org.il/wp-content/uploads [PDF]

    * Yep, the war has ended [=ceasefire] according to VERA

    * VERA (ור"ה) = ועד ראשי האוניברסיטאות = Association of University Heads, Israel. A voluntary body of the presidents, rectors, and directors-general of Israel's research universities (#Technion, Hebrew University, Weizmann, Tel Aviv, Bar-Ilan, Haifa, Ben-Gurion, Open University, Ariel [Occupied West Bank]).

    #Israeal #GazaGenocide #BDS #AcademicBoycott #HorizonEurope

  2. Report: Even after the war ended [*], the academic boycott of Israel is intensifying

    Israel's "Task Force for Combating the Academic Boycott of the Association of University Heads" warns in a report published today that the academic boycott of Israel could lead it into dangerous scientific isolation.

    According to the VERA (Association of University Heads) report published today (May 14, 2026), Israel's academic boycott is accelerating, not slowing.

    #Belgium, #Netherlands, #UK, #Spain, and Italy lead the boycott activity. Germany and Italy have so far blocked EU-level sanctions on Israel, but the pressure at the institutional level keeps building regardless of what governments do.

    Horizon Europe "the crown jewel" is slipping. Attempts to exclude Israel from the EU's €95.5B research program surged 150% in the last six months. Israel's participation has already halved - from €303M in grants (2022) to €119M (2025). The next Horizon agreements are up for renewal in 2027-2028, and the EU is openly questioning whether Israel shares the "values" required to stay in.

    The "ceasefire" changed nothing. The assumption that stopping the bombing of Gaza would reverse the boycott was wrong. The boycott movement "quickly adjusted" - citing the war on Iran, operations in Lebanon, settlement expansion in the West Bank, the death penalty bill for Palestinians, and Knesset members openly endorsing violence against Palestinians.

    It's not just symbolic. 1,120 boycott incidents recorded. 41% involved suspension of active research cooperation. 29% involved physical disruption of lectures and conferences. 9% involved damage to research grants. Individual researcher boycotts (57% of cases in 2024-25) are now shifting to institutional and professional association level boycotts - a structural escalation.

    Israel's identification with the US under Trump is compounding the damage. European resentment of Trump's foreign policy (tariffs, NATO hostility, Venezuela/Iran adventurism) spills onto Israel, which is seen as Washington's fully aligned proxy. The EU is asking whether shared values still exist.

    #BDS is "working as designed." The BDS movement explicitly states its academic boycott campaign has "pushed Israel to the margins" of Horizon Europe. The report concedes there's "no substitute" for Horizon - Asian partnerships can't replace it. Israel faces irreversible scientific isolation.

    [...] VERA warns that scientific research in Israel depends on Israeli researchers' connections with colleagues abroad. Participation in the Horizon program provides not only an irreplaceable boost of valuable funding, but also allows Israeli researchers to form research partnerships, interact with researchers from European and non-European countries, and influence the continent's scientific-academic agenda from within.

    41% - Suspension of Cooperation: This is the most common type of incident. It refers to the explicit and tangible severance of research partnerships and collaborations.

    29% - Disruption of Lectures & Conferences: The second-largest category, this involves public actions aimed at preventing Israeli academics from speaking or participating in academic events.

    9% - Damage to Grants: Direct harm to the funding of Israeli research projects.

    9% - "Antisemitic" Comments: Incidents involving explicitly antisemitic rhetoric.

    7% - Difficulty in Publications: Obstacles faced by Israeli academics in getting their work published in academic journals.

    5% - Peer Review: Refusal by international academics to peer-review research submitted by their Israeli colleagues.

    Via [Hebrew] haaretz.co.il/news/education/2

    See also English report ynetnews.com/article/hkree0fyme (Haaretz contextualizes the boycott by reporting what Israel did to provoke it, while right-wing nationalistic Ynet frames the boycott as an irrational hate campaign ["Hatred map," "improper discrimination," antisemitism emphasis] with Israel as a passive victim.)

    Full report in Hebrew vera.org.il/wp-content/uploads [PDF]

    * Yep, the war has ended [=ceasefire] according to VERA

    * VERA (ור"ה) = ועד ראשי האוניברסיטאות = Association of University Heads, Israel. A voluntary body of the presidents, rectors, and directors-general of Israel's research universities (#Technion, Hebrew University, Weizmann, Tel Aviv, Bar-Ilan, Haifa, Ben-Gurion, Open University, Ariel [Occupied West Bank]).

    #Israeal #GazaGenocide #BDS #AcademicBoycott #HorizonEurope

  3. Report: Even after the war ended [*], the academic boycott of Israel is intensifying

    Israel's "Task Force for Combating the Academic Boycott of the Association of University Heads" warns in a report published today that the academic boycott of Israel could lead it into dangerous scientific isolation.

    According to the VERA (Association of University Heads) report published today (May 14, 2026), Israel's academic boycott is accelerating, not slowing.

    #Belgium, #Netherlands, #UK, #Spain, and Italy lead the boycott activity. Germany and Italy have so far blocked EU-level sanctions on Israel, but the pressure at the institutional level keeps building regardless of what governments do.

    Horizon Europe "the crown jewel" is slipping. Attempts to exclude Israel from the EU's €95.5B research program surged 150% in the last six months. Israel's participation has already halved - from €303M in grants (2022) to €119M (2025). The next Horizon agreements are up for renewal in 2027-2028, and the EU is openly questioning whether Israel shares the "values" required to stay in.

    The "ceasefire" changed nothing. The assumption that stopping the bombing of Gaza would reverse the boycott was wrong. The boycott movement "quickly adjusted" - citing the war on Iran, operations in Lebanon, settlement expansion in the West Bank, the death penalty bill for Palestinians, and Knesset members openly endorsing violence against Palestinians.

    It's not just symbolic. 1,120 boycott incidents recorded. 41% involved suspension of active research cooperation. 29% involved physical disruption of lectures and conferences. 9% involved damage to research grants. Individual researcher boycotts (57% of cases in 2024-25) are now shifting to institutional and professional association level boycotts - a structural escalation.

    Israel's identification with the US under Trump is compounding the damage. European resentment of Trump's foreign policy (tariffs, NATO hostility, Venezuela/Iran adventurism) spills onto Israel, which is seen as Washington's fully aligned proxy. The EU is asking whether shared values still exist.

    #BDS is "working as designed." The BDS movement explicitly states its academic boycott campaign has "pushed Israel to the margins" of Horizon Europe. The report concedes there's "no substitute" for Horizon - Asian partnerships can't replace it. Israel faces irreversible scientific isolation.

    [...] VERA warns that scientific research in Israel depends on Israeli researchers' connections with colleagues abroad. Participation in the Horizon program provides not only an irreplaceable boost of valuable funding, but also allows Israeli researchers to form research partnerships, interact with researchers from European and non-European countries, and influence the continent's scientific-academic agenda from within.

    41% - Suspension of Cooperation: This is the most common type of incident. It refers to the explicit and tangible severance of research partnerships and collaborations.

    29% - Disruption of Lectures & Conferences: The second-largest category, this involves public actions aimed at preventing Israeli academics from speaking or participating in academic events.

    9% - Damage to Grants: Direct harm to the funding of Israeli research projects.

    9% - "Antisemitic" Comments: Incidents involving explicitly antisemitic rhetoric.

    7% - Difficulty in Publications: Obstacles faced by Israeli academics in getting their work published in academic journals.

    5% - Peer Review: Refusal by international academics to peer-review research submitted by their Israeli colleagues.

    Via [Hebrew] haaretz.co.il/news/education/2

    See also English report ynetnews.com/article/hkree0fyme (Haaretz contextualizes the boycott by reporting what Israel did to provoke it, while right-wing nationalistic Ynet frames the boycott as an irrational hate campaign ["Hatred map," "improper discrimination," antisemitism emphasis] with Israel as a passive victim.)

    Full report in Hebrew vera.org.il/wp-content/uploads [PDF]

    * Yep, the war has ended [=ceasefire] according to VERA

    * VERA (ור"ה) = ועד ראשי האוניברסיטאות = Association of University Heads, Israel. A voluntary body of the presidents, rectors, and directors-general of Israel's research universities (#Technion, Hebrew University, Weizmann, Tel Aviv, Bar-Ilan, Haifa, Ben-Gurion, Open University, Ariel [Occupied West Bank]).

    #Israeal #GazaGenocide #BDS #AcademicBoycott #HorizonEurope

  4. Report: Even after the war ended [*], the academic boycott of Israel is intensifying

    Israel's "Task Force for Combating the Academic Boycott of the Association of University Heads" warns in a report published today that the academic boycott of Israel could lead it into dangerous scientific isolation.

    According to the VERA (Association of University Heads) report published today (May 14, 2026), Israel's academic boycott is accelerating, not slowing.

    #Belgium, #Netherlands, #UK, #Spain, and Italy lead the boycott activity. Germany and Italy have so far blocked EU-level sanctions on Israel, but the pressure at the institutional level keeps building regardless of what governments do.

    Horizon Europe "the crown jewel" is slipping. Attempts to exclude Israel from the EU's €95.5B research program surged 150% in the last six months. Israel's participation has already halved - from €303M in grants (2022) to €119M (2025). The next Horizon agreements are up for renewal in 2027-2028, and the EU is openly questioning whether Israel shares the "values" required to stay in.

    The "ceasefire" changed nothing. The assumption that stopping the bombing of Gaza would reverse the boycott was wrong. The boycott movement "quickly adjusted" - citing the war on Iran, operations in Lebanon, settlement expansion in the West Bank, the death penalty bill for Palestinians, and Knesset members openly endorsing violence against Palestinians.

    It's not just symbolic. 1,120 boycott incidents recorded. 41% involved suspension of active research cooperation. 29% involved physical disruption of lectures and conferences. 9% involved damage to research grants. Individual researcher boycotts (57% of cases in 2024-25) are now shifting to institutional and professional association level boycotts - a structural escalation.

    Israel's identification with the US under Trump is compounding the damage. European resentment of Trump's foreign policy (tariffs, NATO hostility, Venezuela/Iran adventurism) spills onto Israel, which is seen as Washington's fully aligned proxy. The EU is asking whether shared values still exist.

    #BDS is "working as designed." The BDS movement explicitly states its academic boycott campaign has "pushed Israel to the margins" of Horizon Europe. The report concedes there's "no substitute" for Horizon - Asian partnerships can't replace it. Israel faces irreversible scientific isolation.

    [...] VERA warns that scientific research in Israel depends on Israeli researchers' connections with colleagues abroad. Participation in the Horizon program provides not only an irreplaceable boost of valuable funding, but also allows Israeli researchers to form research partnerships, interact with researchers from European and non-European countries, and influence the continent's scientific-academic agenda from within.

    41% - Suspension of Cooperation: This is the most common type of incident. It refers to the explicit and tangible severance of research partnerships and collaborations.

    29% - Disruption of Lectures & Conferences: The second-largest category, this involves public actions aimed at preventing Israeli academics from speaking or participating in academic events.

    9% - Damage to Grants: Direct harm to the funding of Israeli research projects.

    9% - "Antisemitic" Comments: Incidents involving explicitly antisemitic rhetoric.

    7% - Difficulty in Publications: Obstacles faced by Israeli academics in getting their work published in academic journals.

    5% - Peer Review: Refusal by international academics to peer-review research submitted by their Israeli colleagues.

    Via [Hebrew] haaretz.co.il/news/education/2

    See also English report ynetnews.com/article/hkree0fyme (Haaretz contextualizes the boycott by reporting what Israel did to provoke it, while right-wing nationalistic Ynet frames the boycott as an irrational hate campaign ["Hatred map," "improper discrimination," antisemitism emphasis] with Israel as a passive victim.)

    Full report in Hebrew vera.org.il/wp-content/uploads [PDF]

    * Yep, the war has ended [=ceasefire] according to VERA

    * VERA (ור"ה) = ועד ראשי האוניברסיטאות = Association of University Heads, Israel. A voluntary body of the presidents, rectors, and directors-general of Israel's research universities (#Technion, Hebrew University, Weizmann, Tel Aviv, Bar-Ilan, Haifa, Ben-Gurion, Open University, Ariel [Occupied West Bank]).

    #Israeal #GazaGenocide #BDS #AcademicBoycott #HorizonEurope

  5. 《 L’analyse révèle qu’au 31 décembre 2025, le bas de laine des Québécois·es investissait 25,6 milliards $ dans 80 entreprises* complices du génocide, de l’occupation, de la colonisation et des violations des droits du peuple palestinien, ce qui représente 4,9 % de son actif total. 》

    pressegauche.org/Investissemen
    #CDPQ #polQC #Palestine #Gaza #BDS #solidaritéAvecGaza #solidaritéAvecLaPalestine #LaCaisseComplice

  6. Excellent analysis: 'Australia’s deference to Israeli interests is primarily a consequence of its strategic alliance with the United States, and the identification by Australian capital of its own interests with that alliance.' revitalisinglabour.substack.co #ZionismIsWhiteSupremacy #Palestine #BDS #Israel #auspol

  7. 🟢本日(2026/05/14)
    #BDS #StopFANUCNow

    【5/14】パレスチナ連帯!ガザ虐殺加担やめろ!FANUC抗議全国一斉行動・国際共同行動
    zenko-peace.com/archives/24856

  8. Sign the petitiom to call on Sydney Uni management to drop its investigation into complaints based on smears that #BDS & #Palestine solidarity are antisemitic, including the outrageous claim that the Handala symbol may be "associated with violence".

    docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI #NSWFascism #IsraelFascism #auspol

  9. El boicot es un acto de resistencia que honra la dignidad de quienes luchan por su liberación. Este 28 de marzo, en Recoleta, compartimos Shawarma y solidaridad para financiar nuestra próxima misión humanitaria. La sangre derramada pide que resistamos. ¡Únete! 🇵🇸

    chileglobalsumud.cl/multimedia

    #BDS #Palestina #Sumud

  10. A 2026 #BDS win you may've missed
    🔻

    www.buyisraelgoods.org, from the America – Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago (AICC), has been taken offline.

  11. El movimiento BDS nos recuerda que la resistencia pacífica y documentada es poderosa. Si participas en acciones solidarias, es crucial protegerte legalmente. Te compartimos orientaciones prácticas sobre registro de evidencia y derechos durante detenciones.

    chileglobalsumud.cl/blog/prese

    #BDS #SolidaridadPalestina #DerechosHumanos

  12. El movimiento BDS nos recuerda que la resistencia pacífica y documentada es poderosa. Si participas en acciones solidarias, es crucial protegerte legalmente. Te compartimos orientaciones prácticas sobre registro de evidencia y derechos durante detenciones.

    chileglobalsumud.cl/blog/prese

    #BDS #SolidaridadPalestina #DerechosHumanos

  13. El movimiento BDS nos recuerda que la resistencia pacífica y documentada es poderosa. Si participas en acciones solidarias, es crucial protegerte legalmente. Te compartimos orientaciones prácticas sobre registro de evidencia y derechos durante detenciones.

    chileglobalsumud.cl/blog/prese

    #BDS #SolidaridadPalestina #DerechosHumanos

  14. El movimiento BDS nos recuerda que la resistencia pacífica y documentada es poderosa. Si participas en acciones solidarias, es crucial protegerte legalmente. Te compartimos orientaciones prácticas sobre registro de evidencia y derechos durante detenciones.

    chileglobalsumud.cl/blog/prese

    #BDS #SolidaridadPalestina #DerechosHumanos

  15. 📢 Trending: #BDS

    ¿Cómo es viajar en la Flotilla Sumud? Una mirada desde Chile.
    Conoce de que se trata la flotilla Sumud, una crónica que habla de motivaciones, solidaridad, política internacional, voluntades humanas que logran consolidar una fuerza de ayuda humanitaria para romper el cerco sionista a Gaza. ¿Quienes son?¿Qué hacen?¿Cómo podemos apoyarles?

    chileglobalsumud.cl/blog/como-

  16. Ik draag al een flink aantal maanden dagelijks een watermeloenspeld. Maar ik raak ze voortdurend kwijt. Mijn favoriet verloor ik in Groningen. Gelukkig heb ik een handig zusjes. Ze gaat nu ook sleutelhangers maken in de juiste kleur. #genocide #netanyahunaardenhaag #BDS

  17. 😂 ✊

    Actor Michael Malarkey puts his coffee in the bin and calls for a boycott when he realises it comes from Starbucks.

    #FreePalestine #BoycottStarbucks #BDS

  18. Israeli army chief warns reserve forces could 'collapse' amid manpower crisis [😜]
    Opposition figures have intensified criticism of Prime Minister #BenjaminNetanyahu's government over its failure to draft ultra-Orthodox #Jews
    middleeasteye.net/news/israeli

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    12 May 2026

    "In January 2027, due to the reduction of mandatory service to 30 months, the #IDF [#Israel's army] will lose thousands more combat soldiers," Zamir told the committee.

    "The reserve army will collapse into itself," he added, according to i24news.

    Zamir warned MPs that after nearly three years of war on multiple fronts, the #military is facing a severe manpower shortage that could undermine future operations.

    #SanctionIsrael
    #StopStarvingGaza
    #FreePalestine
    #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity
    #StopGazaGenocide
    #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
    #StopArmingIsrael
    #AntiZionismIsNotAntisemitism
    #BDS #DivestFromIsrael
    #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
    #Gaza #Palestine
    #news #politics

  19. '#Israel’s efforts to influence Eurovision’s vote were broader and started years earlier than previously known. Even before the voting controversy burst into view, financial records show, Israel spent at least $1 million on Eurovision marketing. Some of that money came from Mr. Netanyahu’s “hasbara” office, a euphemism for overseas propaganda, to promote Israel’s singer.'

    nytimes.com/2026/05/11/world/e #BDS #IsraelFascism #Palestine

  20. EU sanctions against illegal Israeli settlers is just a very small step toward justice. Why not sanction the Israeli politicians like Smotrich who support the crimes? The EU should implement full #BDS of #Israel theguardian.com/world/2026/may #IsraelFascism #Palestine

  21. The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
    Male and female Palestinians describe brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators.
    nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion

    from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
    [shareable gift article]

    May 11, 2026

    There is no evidence that #Israeli leaders order #rapes. But in recent years they have built a security apparatus where #SexualViolence has become, as a #UN report put it last year, one of #Israel’s “standard operating procedures” and “a major element in the ill treatment of #Palestinians.” A report out last month, from the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, a Geneva-based advocacy group often critical of Israel, concludes that Israel employs “systematic sexual violence” that is “widely practiced as part of an organized state policy.”

    #StopStarvingGaza
    #FreePalestine
    #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity
    #StopArmingIsrael
    #BDS #DivestFromIsrael
    #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
    #Palestine
    #news #politics

  22. Oligarchs and plutocrats are financing those who are happy to dump on Habeas Corpus, so are taking us back to a time before the Magna Carta. The #resistance exists to make sure they and their quislings fail! Is it not time for them to know what real fear is like? #FascistFear
    #UnionofDemocraticInterests #UDI #BDS #BillionaireCastles #TimeToSiegeEmpire #SiegeOfCorporations #Antifa #Spawn
    #EndTheCreepsShow #EndTheContagion
    #TheFederation