A Spiral of Silence - How Academia Enforces Antizionist Orthodoxy. My speech at the European Parliament, with some slides interspliced. https://t.co/6p5JcgG1Ny This was at a conference earlier this month: “Anti-Zionism: The Accepted Face of Antisemitism in Europe?”, organized by #Antisemitism #Zionism #AcademicFreedom #EU #BE #DE #FR #UK
The Freie Universität Berlin showing some spine and moral clarity: "A boycott runs contrary to the founding principles of our university. International research depends on an open exchange of ideas. [...] Anyone who demands that relations to researchers and institutions be cut #FreieUniversität #AcademicFreedom #BoycottDebate #DE
A despicable comment — from an academic, unsurprisingly (@freyntje). Equating the Holocaust with the fabricated “genocide” in Gaza — in reality an ordinary war with two combatants (https://t.co/ifbghV2rDq) — is itself a form of Holocaust minimization, technically illegal under https://t.co/O6fZ5sV4Og #HolocaustMinimization #GazaConflict #AcademicFreedom #IL #PS
Academic freedom is not optional — it is the foundation of democracy, innovation, and independent thought. Europe stands firm in defending researchers, universities, and open science against censorship, intimidation, and political interference. https://t.co/TBWRN6ZFfL https://t.co/Uq2NJVEyCG #AcademicFreedom #OpenScience #DefendResearch #EU
As I predicted last year: the anti-Israel boycott is causing irreparable damage to the international reputation of Ghent University (@UGent). Rector Petra De Sutter: “We have already lost many partnerships.” Fewer research projects, less research funding, fewer doctorates. For https://t.co/4BZZjmTqkh #GhentUniversity #BoycottIsrael #AcademicFreedom #IL #BE
If the legally flawed verdict in the High Court against the OfS is allowed to stand, it will be very bad for free speech on campus and academic freedom. The OfS should appeal and make the right arguments - ones based on the Equality Act. #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #EqualityAct #Thearticledoesnotspecificallymentionanycountryorprovideindicationsaboutitsfocusonanyparticularcountry.Therefore #Icannotidentifyanycountrycodesbasedonthecontentprovided.
