More universities around the world sever ties with Israeli academia over war on Gaza
Inside Trinity College Dublin, one of the institutions that has cut ties with Israeli academia over the war on Gaza
The New Arab reports on 14 September 2025:
More universities and educational institutions are announcing the severing of all ties with Israeli academia, citing the ongoing war on Gaza and accusations that it is complicit in the government’s actions against Palestinians.
Some of the latest institutions to announce they are cutting ties with Israeli academia include Trinity College Dublin and the University of Amsterdam, which ended a student exchange programme with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Last year, Brazil’s Federal University of Ceara also announced that it had cancelled an innovation summit with an Israeli university, while other academic bodies in Norway, Spain, and Belgium stated that they too would be severing ties with Israeli academia.
The European Association of Social Anthropologists further added that it will no longer be collaborating with Israeli academic bodies, calling on its members to take similar action.
The growing move to cut ties with Israeli educational institutions comes as over 90 percent of school buildings have been damaged or destroyed by Israel in Gaza, according to Save the Children. Israel has also killed around 19,000 children in the war on Gaza, the enclave’s government media office said last month, while the total toll from the war stands at over 64,000.