After a student from Kadoorie University was shot in the West Bank, a protest and a memorial were organized at the Al Arroub branch of Kadoorie University on March 6th and 9th. Both were violently repressed by the Israeli military, who used tear gas, rubber bullets and live rounds against the protesters. https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/report/2022-03-09-palestine-technical-university-kadoorie/ ... Continue Reading>>
Palestinian Astrophysicist Released From Administrative Detention After Year in Israeli Prison
On May 31, 2021, Professor at Al Quds University, Imad Barghouthi, was released from Israeli administrative detention, allegedly for a post he made on Facebook. The Committee of Concerned Scientists (“CCS”) wrote the courts on his behalf requesting that he be released if he was not going to be legally charged with a criminal offense. Barghouthi was held for the past year in administrative ... Continue Reading>>
Dr. Barghouthi, Palestinian Professor, Awaiting Hearing that is Continually Re-Scheduled. Should be Charged or Released
Palestinian Professor Detained by Israel Again Without Charges
Student Council President at Birzeit University Arrested, Not Charged
Israeli soldiers arrested Ms. Hassan on December 12th at her home. She has not been charged for any crime, but has been ordered held for three months on administration detention. ... Continue Reading>>
CCS Inquires About Complicated Process for VISAs for International Academics Teaching in West Bank Territories
Professors and lecturers who are employed at universities in the West Bank areas are facing complicated processes and harsh standards to obtain VISAs from Israel. They are finding the requests are denied, delayed or are granted for arbitrary periods of time that won’t allow for the completion of teaching contract requirements. CCS has written the Prime Minister of Israel requesting clarification ... Continue Reading>>
US Law Professor, Leading Delegation of Human Rights Activists, Denied Entry to Israel
Dr. Katherine Franke, a Professor of Law at Columbia University was leading a 15-member delegation of human rights activists to visit Israel and Palestine to learn about the human rights situation in both locales and to meet local advocates. All of the members of the delegation were allowed entry into Israel with the exception of Dr. Franke and Vince Warren, Director of the New York Center for ... Continue Reading>>
Birzeit University Student Council President Kidnapped by Israeli Forces for Student Activism
Omar Kiswani, the student council president at Birzeit University in the West Bank, was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers in early March. He was held at a detention center for a month without a charge nor access to an attorney. On April 2nd he was allowed an attorney visit. CCS has written the Israeli Minister of Justice requesting that Kiswani be charged or released April 28, 2018 Ayelet ... Continue Reading>>
Professor at Al-Quds University Administratively Detained Without Charges in Israel
Ahmad Qatamesh, a university professor and founder of the Munif Barghouti Research Center in the School of Humanities at Al-Quds University was arrested on May 14th and detained without being charged with a crime for his political opinions and writings. He has spent over eight years in jail in the past for the same situation over years. CCS has written the Israeli Minister of Defense requesting ... Continue Reading>>
Israel Bans Entrance to Country of British Professor Supporting BDS
Dr. Kamel Hawwash, British Professor in the School of Civil Engineering of the University of Birmingham travelled to Israel with his family to visit relatives in East Jerusalem. At the Tel Aviv airport Professor Hawwash was stopped, interrogated and put on a plane to Brussels. Israeli authorities noted the reason for restricting his entrance to the country was his support of the BDS movement ... Continue Reading>>