In April, the Association of University Teachers approved a motion to sever all academic links with two Israeli universities — the University of Haifa for alleged violations of academic freedom and Bar Ilan University for developing programs with a college operating in the occupied West Bank territory. Both universities have denied the claims.
The boycott would have encouraged AUT members to “refrain from participation in any form of academic and cultural cooperation, collaboration, or joint projects” with the two institutions.
But last month, at an AUT special council meeting, delegates voted overwhelmingly to “revoke all existing boycotts of Israeli institutions.”
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