University to exit Israel research pact amid Gaza protests

The University of Turin in Italy is suspending a collaboration agreement with Israeli universities and research institutes after a wave of student protests over the Israel-Hamas war, writes Shira Li Bartov for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

The school’s academic senate voted on Wednesday 20 March to ban participation in an initiative financing joint research projects between Italy and Israel, while rejecting calls for a broader cessation of ties with Israeli universities.

The decision has raised concerns among Italian Jewish leaders even after the university’s rector emphasised that collaboration currently in place would continue.
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