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Please see the following story from the Trinity News newspaper, which features an interview with Ronit Lentin of Academics for Palestine. Ronit Lentin, a retired associate professor in Trinity’s Department of Sociology, spoke to Trinity News on behalf of Academics for Palestine (AfP), an Irish group committed to the academic boycott of Israel and the…

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Public Lecture: The Ongoing Nakba and the Disintegration of Palestinian Education Lecture by Prof. Jamil Khader Dean of Research, Bethlehem University Dublin Institute of Technology Aungier Street, Room 4-068 6pm WEDNESDAY 03 JUNE 2015 Organised by Academics for Palestine in association with the Friends of Bethlehem University in Ireland

The Friends of Bethlehem University in Ireland, in association with University College Dublin Students’ Union, and the visiting President of the Student Senate of Bethlehem University are pleased to invite you and colleagues to the Irish launch of the film ‘Open Bethlehem’. “One of the most remarkable and moving documentaries I have seen. The tragedy…

On Thursday 16th April 2015, Palestinian academic Dr Bashir Abu-Manneh, who teaches in the University of Kent School of English gave a lecture on the topic of ‘Israel, The Occupation and BDS’. The talk was hosted by Academics for Palestine and the Irish School of Ecumenics in Trinity College Dublin. Below is the full text…

Academics for Palestine, a group of Irish academics – from both the Republic of Ireland and the North of Ireland – set up to create awareness and build the academic boycott of Israel campaign in Ireland, expresses its support for the organisers of the International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Responsibility and Exceptionalism…

Academics for Palestine and the Irish School of Ecumenics invite you to attend the following event: Lecture: ‘Israel, Occupation, Boycott’ Speaker: Dr. Bashir Abu-Manneh (University of Kent) Date: 16 April Time: 6.00pm Location: G16 lecture-room, Irish School of Ecumenics/Loyola Institute Building, Trinity College Dublin (East end of TCD, facing the rugby pitch). Dr. Bashir Abu-Manneh…

According to a statement released by conference organisers on 31 March, the University of Southampton is withdrawing its consent to host the forthcoming conference ‘International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Responsibility and Exceptionalism’, due to take place on 17-19 April 2015, citing as reasons concerns about ‘health and safety’. Academics for Palestine, a…

Below is the video of the debate organised by Academics for Palestine and hosted by the TCD Irish School of Ecumenics, which took place in Trinity College Dublin on Wednesday 12th November 2014. Speakers supporting the Boycott were Palestinian academic Ghada Karmi and Israeli academic Ilan Pappe, and opposing it was British academic Alan Johnston…

Irish Academics’ pledge to boycott Israel passes 170 signatories Students, teachers and schools have been targets of Israel’s brutal attacks in Gaza, making it an attack on education as well as a war crime, a group of Irish academics said today — as Israel resumed its attacks on the Palestinian territory. According to the UN…