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We must fight antisemitism on UK campuses | Letters

The Guardian - Higher Education

Mark Rusling says that a university education is clearly no inoculation against anti-Jewish racism, and Lynne Davies is appalled that Jewish students are being targeted at UK institutions The description of Jewish fear at British universities by an anonymous student at Oxford University is deeply upsetting and yet deeply unsurprising ( Why is antisemitism (..)

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Harvard Kennedy School condemned for denying fellowship to Israel critic

The Guardian - Higher Education

ACLU and Pen America back former Human Rights Watch chief Kenneth Roth and say decision ‘raises serious questions’ Leading civil rights organisations have condemned Harvard Kennedy School’s denial of a position to the former head of Human Rights Watch over the organisation’s criticism of Israel.

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Half of young Arabs from North Africa and the Levant plan to emigrate

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The stark divide is down to economic downturn and political instability in the Levant ( Iraq , Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Syria and Yemen ) and North Africa (Algeria, Egypt , Libya, Morocco, Sudan , South Sudan and Tunisia ).

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Yale students continue hunger strike in protest over Israel’s war on Gaza

The Guardian - Higher Education

Protesters into seventh day of hunger strike in support of Palestinians and in effort to demand university divestment A group of students at Yale University were on Friday into the seventh day of a hunger strike in support of Palestinians in Gaza and in a protest to pressure the university to divest from any weapons manufacturing companies potentially (..)

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German university rescinds US scholar’s job offer over pro-Palestinian letter

The Guardian - Higher Education

Nancy Fraser, professor of philosophy and politics at the New School for Social Research in New York, said she had been cancelled by the university, which has withdrawn its invitation to the Albertus Magnus Professorship 2024, a visiting position, which she had been awarded in 2022.

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Israeli diplomat pressured US college to drop course on ‘apartheid’ debate

The Guardian - Higher Education

Consul Yuval Donio-Gideon objected to course at Bard College but president says institution ‘stood up for academic freedom’ Israel and Hamas at war – latest updates An Israeli diplomat tried to persuade a leading New York college to cancel a course about the growing debate over whether the Jewish state practices a form of apartheid in Palestine.

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Harvard billboard accusing students of antisemitism linked to rightwing funder

The Guardian - Higher Education

IRS filings show wealthy Informing America Foundation helping to bankroll variety of conservative groups and causes The organization that placed a billboard at Harvard University accusing some students of antisemitism amid the fight between Israel and Hamas is part of a network of rightwing media organizations being funded by a major conservative donor (..)