'Cut links with Israel's universities': Irish universities stage day of action for Palestine

It is imperative that university presidents and representatives do not remain silent on Israel's attack on Gaza, writes Paola Rivetti

Staff and students at University College Cork protesting at the national day of action in solidarity with Palestine. Picture: Larry Cummins

As we watch the ongoing Israeli attack on Gaza in horror, the war has taken a different turn with Israel’s bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus and Iran’s response to it on Saturday night. As the prospect of a large international conflict involving Russia and the United States looms on the horizon, it is imperative to speak up against the possible war and Israel’s unaccountability to international law.

During the past seven months, scholars and students all over the world have called on their institutions to take a stand in solidarity with Palestinians by demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire and by ending any collaboration with the arms industry and Israel's universities.