Academics at 11 universities call for trade freeze with Israel over 'well-televised' genocide

A Palestinian woman mourns as she embraces the body of her daughter Mayar Abu Odeh, aged 8, who was killed in an Israeli army strike on Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Wednesday. Photo: AP/Jehad Alshrafi

More than 160 academics from 11 universities across the country have urged the Government to suspend trade with Israel in response to the unfolding genocide in Gaza.

In an open letter, the group, which includes professors, lecturers and researchers, describes Israel’s military response to the “terrible Hamas attack” in October 2023 as "by now a well-televised genocide”.