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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Universities around the world cut ties with Israeli academia over Gaza war

An aerial view of students camping in protest outside a Trinity College Dublin building
Students taking part in a protest against the war in Gaza at Trinity College Dublin. The college cut ties with Israeli academic institutions this summer. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

A growing number of universities, academic institutions and scholarly bodies around the world are cutting links with Israeli academia amid claims that it is complicit in the Israeli government’s actions towards Palestinians.

According to Gaza’s health ministry, more than 63,000 people have been killed in the territory – the majority of them civilians – with the true toll likely far higher. UN-backed experts have confirmed parts of Gaza, much of which has been reduced to rubble, are now in a “man-made” famine.

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