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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 566

Association of University Heads

A protest on a university campus in the UK in February 2024. (CST Campus Report)
February 25, 2025, 12:50 pm
Facing 66% rise in academic boycotts, Israeli universities gear up to fight back
Boycotts of Israeli institutions and researchers won’t stop anytime soon and Israel needs to adapt to the situation, report finds
By Zev Stub
Students at Reichman University in Herzliya, in an undated photo. (courtesy)
October 28, 2024, 5:00 pm
Universities gear up for new academic year in shadow of ongoing war
A significant portion of registered students are also expected to serve as IDF reservists, many for a second year in a row
By Gavriel Fiske
Demonstrators protest against the war in Gaza, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, May 28, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 4, 2024, 4:32 pm
Arab MKs, academics slam bill requiring universities to fire anti-Zionist faculty
‘We will not allow terrorism to take over academia,’ says coalition whip; Association of University Heads condemns ‘McCarthyistic’ campaign against higher education
By Sam Sokol
Students at Tel Aviv University. (Flash90)
December 24, 2023, 5:59 pm
Universities still set to start December 31, but reservists to have staggered return
After months of delays, academic year to officially open next week; reserve soldiers to have ‘concentrated week’ of condensed studies when they are released
By Gavriel Fiske
Students at the Mount Scopus campus at Hebrew University on the first day of the opening of the university year on October 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
December 20, 2023, 3:24 pm
University heads float staggered start to academic year as IDF requests further delay
After months of delays, academic year set to begin on December 31; compromise solution proposed, with later date for returning reservists and intensive studies to make up material
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative photo of the Tel Aviv University campus. (Andrew Tobin/JTA)
December 10, 2023, 4:37 pm
Universities to begin academic year on December 31
Announcement comes after several delays from original October 15 start date; some students still expected to be in reserve duty when classes begin
By Gavriel Fiske
Ben Gurion University of the Negev students work at a logistic center set up on campus, in an undated photo during the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. (Courtesy)
November 7, 2023, 6:13 pm
Israeli universities step up to support students in reserves, war effort
Aside from grants and other aid, institutes of higher education open campuses for assistance efforts, evacuee lodging
By Gavriel Fiske
Students at Hebrew University on the first day of the academic year on October 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 25, 2023, 2:16 am
Waiting for reservists to be released, university classes delayed until at least Dec 3
Using remote learning, some programs for foreign students have already begun school year; Ben Gurion University serving as war-time logistics center
By Gavriel Fiske
Students at Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus on the first day of the school year, October 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 5, 2023, 9:11 am
University staff end 2-week strike after wage deal reached with Finance Ministry
New collective deal, achieved after 18 months of talks, includes salary hike, ‘promotion of excellence in research,’ and consensus to keep system ‘stable’ until at least 2027
By ToI Staff
Students walk around the campus at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, on May 8, 2013. (Dudu Greenspan/ Flash90)
March 20, 2023, 12:26 pm
Ben-Gurion University Senate encourages students to protest judicial overhaul
Staff forum warns government’s plans will stifle academic freedom, urges other institutes of higher education to threaten open-ended strike if legislation is not halted
By ToI Staff
Prof. Arie Zaban, chair of the Committee of University Heads and president of Bar-Ilan University. (Bar-Ilan University)
January 23, 2023, 6:56 pm
University chiefs warn judicial reform will spark global academic boycott
Top academics say coalition’s overhaul plans will cause ‘fatal damage’ to country’s education, urge informed public dialogue on proposals
By ToI Staff
Ariel University in the West Bank (CC-BY Michael Jacobson/Wikipedia)
June 20, 2022, 3:38 pm
After decade of refusal, Ariel University accepted into key education organization
Bennett welcomes move, says educational institute no longer a ‘stepchild’; other lawmakers see move as a refusal to bow to boycotts of the West Bank
By Tobias Siegal
Then-environment protection minister Zeev Elkin attends the Likud Party's election campaign opening event in Jerusalem, on January 21, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
July 14, 2020, 10:30 pm
Top higher education official quits, compares minister’s policies to Turkey
Slamming Ze’ev Elkin’s decision not to keep on director of Higher Education Council, the chair of the Committee of University Heads warns of danger to Israeli democracy
By ToI Staff
University of Toronto (Nat/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 via JTA)
November 19, 2019, 11:51 pm
Israeli university heads call U of Toronto kosher scandal ‘theater of absurd’
Chairman of the Committee of University Heads says branding kosher food on campus ‘pro-Israel’ reveals that BDS is actually about suppressing freedoms of religious Jews
By Marcy Oster
Im Tirzu movement activists demonstrate near to Arab Israeli and Israeli left wing activist students during a rally marking the Nakba anniversary day at Tel Aviv University on May 14, 2018. (Flash90)
May 14, 2019, 2:22 pm
Israeli ‘Canary Mission’: New website fingers ‘anti-Zionist’ academics
Right-wing Im Tirzu group invites users to call out allegedly unpatriotic lecturers; university heads slam ‘intimidation’ campaign
By ToI Staff
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