Ben-Gurion University president: Over 300 Western universities, scientific centers have boycotted Israel
The president of Ben-Gurion University in Israel announced that since the “al-Aqsa Storm” operation, more than 300 cases of boycott of the Israeli education system have been carried out by Western and American universities.
The Israeli newspaper “Yedioth Ahronoth” published the statements of Daniel Chamovitz, the president of Ben-Gurion University in Be’er Sheva, Occupied Territories, saying: Since October 7, 2023, more than 300 cases of boycott of the Israeli education system have been carried out by European countries, Unite States and Canada.
According to Pars Today, quoting Mehr News Agency, Chamovitz emphasized: The boycotts include refusing to participate in international conferences or canceling the publication of joint articles, as well as canceling academic relations between university members and research centers with Israeli institutions, or even stopping aid and investments in companies that cooperate with Israel.
He stated that the attacks on Gaza and Lebanon in the past year have severely affected higher education in the Israeli regime, with about a quarter of students and professors being called to the army, and the budget of the university is expected to decrease.
Chamovitz described the impact of the conflicts between the resistance forces and the Israeli army in the past year as unimaginable, saying: About 70,000 students out of a total of 300,000 students at this university have been called to the army; while the revival of anti-Semitism [as he falsely calls], anti-Zionist protests, and calls for boycotting universities continue.
The Israeli regime, with the full support of Western countries, has launched a massive massacre against the defenseless and oppressed Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank since October 7, 2023. The silence of the international community and human rights organizations towards the crimes of the Israeli occupation regime has led to the continuation of the massacre of Palestinian women and children by the Israeli war machine.
