Pro-Palestinian activists hold protest at Belgian university rectorate, demand full Israeli academic boycott

Pro-Palestinian activists staged a protest at Ghent University’s (UGent) rectorate building in Belgium on Wednesday, calling for a full academic boycott of Israel, Belga News Agency reported. The activists said the university’s recent decision to phase out five research collaborations with Israeli partners was insufficient and called for all ties to be severed. “Not just 5, cut all ties,” read one of the slogans sprayed on the building, referring to the university’s decision to end five Horizon research projects it deemed problematic. The Ghent University said it continues to maintain a limited number of collaborations with partners it does not consider involved in serious human rights violations. READ: Belgian university to withdraw from 5 EU education projects involving Israeli partners It […]