Letter to Israeli authorities protesting the continued detention of Imad Barghouthi, Professor of Theoretical Space Plasma Physics at Al-Quds University, and the order to place him under administrative detention.
Letter to Israeli authorities condemning the detention and conditional release of Rania Elias, Suhail Khoury, and Daoud Al-Ghoul, directors of cultural institutions in occupied East Jerusalem, and the infringements on educational and cultural rights of Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem.
Letter to Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu about the most recent arrest and administrative detention of Dr. Imad Barghouti of Al-Quds University without charge or trial.
Letter to Israeli authorities regarding the recent sentencing and continued imprisonment of Mais Abu Gush, a Birzeit University student who has been detained since August 2019.
Letter to Israeli authorities protesting the arrests of Palestinian students and professors and demanding their immediate and unconditional release.
MESA and other scholarly organizations have written to Israeli authorities regarding procedures for visas and work permits for international academics working in Palestine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Letter to Israeli authorities about army incursions, land confiscation, and seizures in Palestine Technical University University-Khadoorie in Tulkarm and Birzeit University in Ramallah.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Letter to President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, and Nabil Abuznaid, Representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization, to express concern regarding violent incidents at al-Azhar University in Gaza and the role of Palestinian security forces in these incidents.
Letter to Isma’il Haniyeh (Caretaker Prime Minister, Gaza) and Nabil Abuznaid (Representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization) to express concern about reports of detention of students without trial at West Bank universities, apparently because of their political affiliations.
Letter to Prime Minister Ismail Haniya regarding rocket fire against Israeli towns bordering Gaza.
Letter to Gazan and Palestinian officials regarding attacks of education facilities.
Letter to Israeli and American officials regarding the broad assault on education systems in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Letter to Palestinian officials regarding attacks on educational facilities in Gaza.
Letter to Shaikh Ahmad Yassin to condemn the bomb attack of July 31 in Jerusalem’s Hebrew University.
Letter to President Yasser Arafat to Express concern over the arrest and continued detention without charge of Dr. Abd al-Sattar Qassim of An-Najah National University in Nablus.
Letter to Palestinian authorities regarding arrest of Birzeit student Ghassan Abdul al-Addassi by the Palestinian Preventive Security Service on March 29, 1998.