Calls for Irish University to end its collaboration with Israel

The deep irony involved in studying human rights and international law in a university which continues to have a research partnership with an Israeli institute which collaborates closely with the Israel Defence Force (IDF) was highlighted during a sold-out conference on the west coast of Ireland this week. The ‘Voices for Palestine’ conference at the Aras na nGael centre in Galway city centre was organised by the Campus Anti Genocide Coalition (CAGC) in opposition to the University of Galway’s continued research partnership with Technion, the Israeli public research university which maintains deep collaborative ties with Israel’s security forces. Speakers at the event included three members of the Gaza Sumud Flotilla, all graduates of the University of Galway, who were abducted […]