Israeli academia and the war in Gaza: A personal perspective

This talk will share a perspective on how the Israeli society at large, and academia in particular, have responded to the ongoing war in Gaza. Increasingly, voices from across Israeli society are calling for an immediate end to the war and to the atrocities being committed in the Gaza Strip (and the West Bank).

In this talk, Professor Ido Shahar will describe the initiatives led by the “Black Flag in Academia” action group, which seeks to mobilize resistance against the endless war, the crimes against humanity perpetrated by Israel in Gaza, and to the plans of ethnic cleansing promoted by Israeli politicians. He will also address the question of why similar calls are still relatively marginal in Israeli media and in public discourse.

Chair: Anders Johansen

This event is a collaboration with UiB’s Forum for Science and Democracy.