Growing numbers of universities sever ties with Israeli academia over Gaza genocide

Mounting numbers of universities and academic bodies across Europe and South America are severing ties with Israeli institutions over concerns of their complicity with Israel's genocide in Gaza.

Last year, Brazil's Federal University of Ceara (UFC) cancelled an innovation summit with an Israeli university, while universities across Norway, Belgium and Spain cut links with Israeli institutions.

This year, others, including Trinity College in Dublin, have followed suit.

In March, the University of Amsterdam announced it was halting a student exchange programme with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, while the European Association of Social Anthropologists declared it would not collaborate with Israeli academic institutions.

However, most universities in the UK, France and Germany have resisted mounting pressure from staff and students to do the same.

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