More than two dozen prominent academics across the United Kingdom have called upon educational institutions worldwide to stand up against the Israeli occupation of Palestine by divesting Israel for Palestine.
The academics stated that universities around the world continue to invest in companies complicit in Israel’s occupation of Palestine, and British universities, for example, hold investments of around £450 million (over $590 million) in such firms.
“Israeli regime has a long history of committing war crimes, ranging from devastation during the 1948 Nakba (Catastrophe) to its ongoing ill-treatment, torture, and murder of Palestinians living under occupation.”
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“We call on our institutions to take action and divest for Palestine. We have now seen what can be achieved when we unite against those who break international law, and we must do the same for Palestine.”
Last month, more than 220 scholars and academics from fourteen Latin American countries denounced Israeli authorities for enforcing a system of oppression and domination against Palestinians, demanding that Israel be branded as an apartheid regime.
The scholars pledged in a joint statement that they would not participate in any academic exchanges with Israeli institutions and would decline funding from Israel, as reported by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).
They cohort condemned Israel’s racist practices against Palestinians and its treatment and called for the launch of a campaign to put an ultimate end to the regime’s apartheid actions.
