Belgium’s Ghent University has cut ties with Israel

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, the authorities of Ghent University in Belgium announced that this university has terminated all its relations with all Israeli universities and research institutes due to not being aligned with The human rights policies of this university were interrupted.

Accordingly, the pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Ghent have been protesting the brutal and military invasion of the Gaza Strip by the Zionist regime since May, and have occupied parts of the university campus.

Ghent University announced in a statement that with the research conducted by this university, concerns about the connection between Israeli educational institutions and the regime, army and their security services were revealed.   

Justice has mentioned the worsening of humanitarian conditions in Gaza in recent months.

According to this report, Ghent University cut off its relationship with 3 Israeli institutions about 2 weeks ago, but currently has 18 ongoing collaborative projects with Israeli educational institutions.

The university stated that it will continue its research projects with 6 non-academic Israeli institutions because there is no connection between these institutions and human rights violations in Gaza.

By announcing this Khabar, the protesters stated that they welcome this decision, but they want this decision to be extended to other Israeli institutions, including the above-mentioned 6 non-educational institutions with which Ghent University is connected. They stated that they will continue their protests.

early week Currently, two other Belgian universities announced changes in their relations with Israeli institutions.

Accordingly, Antrop University officials announced that ongoing research projects with Israeli institutions will continue, but new projects with Israeli partners will be suspended.

The University of Brussels announced that they no longer carry out any projects with the participation of Israelis, and at the same time When the Israeli hostages are released, they will not have the same kind of partnership with their Palestinian friends.

Severing the connection of universities with Israeli institutions and universities has been the demand of pro-Palestinian protesters in many American states.

A wave of pro-Palestinian protests on American university campuses after hundreds of arrests Some of the protesters at Columbia University became more widespread and after spreading to most of the universities of this country, they were also drawn to the universities of other countries in the world.

American media reported that the forces Since the beginning of the student movements in support of Gaza, the American police have arrested 1000 students protesting the crimes of the Israeli regime in Gaza for 2 weeks in 25 universities of this country in 21 states.

Protests at Columbia University in New York began on April 17, and protesting students demanded an end The relationship of this university with the Israeli institutions that are involved in the Gaza war. Protesters in other universities had similar demands.

Meanwhile A survey in the United States shows that the majority of American university students support Gaza and Hamas.

The New York Post action newspaper conducted a survey based on which 65% of American university students supported protests in support of Palestine and Gaza and 43% participated in these protests.

Based on this survey, 63 percent of American university students express solidarity with Hamas.

Also, 15 percent of the participants in demonstrations and protests believe that ” Israel” should not exist.

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