Middle East Studies Association

Interventions
Palestine

July 15, 2019
Committee on Academic Freedom

Limitations and restrictions to foreign nationals teaching at Palestinian universities

Letter demanding Israel lift the restrictions preventing international academics from staying and working in the West Bank, refrain from imposing arbitrary restrictions on the duration of stay or extension of stay for international academics, and order the publication of a clear and lawful procedure for issuing entry visas and work permits for international academics in the West Bank, to enable the university to manage and maintain its academic freedom.

January 22, 2019
Committee on Academic Freedom

Israeli Arrests of Palestinian Students and Professors, Israeli Assaults on Palestinian Campuses

Letter condemning the arbitrary arrests and detention of Palestinian students and professors as well as the assaults on Palestinian universities. These measures are a clear violation of Palestinian academic freedom.

August 08, 2018
Committee on Academic Freedom

Detention and sentencing of Palestinian student activist Ola Marshoud

Letter to Israeli authorities condemning the sentencing of Ms. Ola Marshoud to seven months in prison for organizing students in opposition to the Israeli Occupation Forces at an-Najah National University in Nablus, where she was a registered student.

August 06, 2018
Committee on Academic Freedom

Arbitrary demands on foreign national academics working in Palestinian universities

Letter to Israeli authorities condemning the arbitrary conditions imposed on foreign national academics working (or seeking to work) in Palestinian universities, and the increasing denial of visas (new and renewed) to them.

February 09, 2016
Committee on Academic Freedom

Outrage at the Repeated Israeli Army Incursions at Palestinian Universities

Letter to Israeli authorities about army incursions, land confiscation, and seizures in Palestine Technical University University-Khadoorie in Tulkarm and Birzeit University in Ramallah.

February 25, 2015
Committee on Academic Freedom

Israel’s destruction of Palestinian educational institutions in July and August 2014

Follow-up letter of October 7, 2014 (based on UNESCO's Rapid Assessment of Higher Education Institutions in Gaza) to sponsors of international conference for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, Foreign Affairs Minister of Norway, Børge Brende, and Foreign Affairs Minister of Egypt, Sameh Shoukry, regarding Israel's indiscriminate bombardment and destruction of Palestinian educational institutions in July and August 2014.

September 05, 2013
Committee on Academic Freedom

Bir Zeit University Graduate Albaraa Kefaya Forced to Return to West Bank Preventing Him from US Internship

Letter to Jordanian officials expressing concern over the treatment of Albaraa Kefaya, a recent graduate from Bir Zeit University, whose detention and forced return to the West Bank by the Jordanian authorities has prevented him from taking up the internship he was offered in the US.

July 04, 2012
Committee on Academic Freedom

Response from Birzeit University President to July 2 letter

Response from Birzeit University President Khalil Hindi to the July 2 letter regarding the University's actions to the caricatures on the door of Professor Musa Budeiri.

July 02, 2012
Committee on Academic Freedom

Controversy over Birzeit University Professor Musa Budeiri Caricatures Placed on His Office Door

Letter to Birzeit University President Khalil Hindi regarding the university administration's handling of the controversy surrounding the caricatures Professor Musa Budeiri placed on his office door.

March 19, 2012
Committee on Academic Freedom

IDF Invasion of Al-Quds University’s Institute of Modern Media at the Abu Dis

Early-morning IDF invasion of al-Quds University’s Institute of Modern Media at the Abu Dis campus when televising equipment was destroyed and the television transmitter seized. This wanton attack upon an educational establishment is a direct infringement upon academic freedom and seems to be part of a broader Israeli campaign against education and academic freedom in the West Bank and Gaza.

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