{"id":160417,"date":"2023-10-27T17:21:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T15:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=160417"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:01","slug":"open-letter-to-eur-condemn-war-crimes-and-sever-ties-with-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/10\/27\/open-letter-to-eur-condemn-war-crimes-and-sever-ties-with-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Open letter to EUR: ‘Condemn war crimes and sever ties with Israel’"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an open letter, the EUR4Palestine Coalition calls on Erasmus University to condemn Israel’s violence against Palestinians and sever all ties with Israel and Israeli institutions. In a response, the Executive Board did not directly address the coalition’s demands, but said it had ‘an eye and ear for feelings and expressions’ and allowed the teach-in in the Sanders Building to run its course on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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A teach-in for Palestine took place in the Sanders Building on Friday.<\/span><\/p>

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In the letter<\/a>, which can also be signed<\/a>, the students express their outrage at Erasmus University\u2019s \u2018hypocritical silence on the Israeli occupation of Palestine\u2019 and Israel\u2019s actions against Palestinians, which they consider to be genocide. They accuse the university of actively collaborating with the Israeli state, through links with Tel Aviv University, among others, contributing to the development of weapons systems.<\/p>\n

'As with Ukraine'<\/h2>

Signed by OccupyEUR<\/a>, Erasmus School of Colour<\/a>, Palestine Solidarity Rotterdam, EUC Collxctive<\/a> and university council party Progressive Student Party<\/a>, the letter highlights the recent violence in the Palestinian territories and calls for solidarity and accountability. It condemns the historical injustices Palestinians have faced and criticises Western leaders for supporting Israel\u2019s \u2018right to self-defence\u2019. The students argue that their university should not remain neutral on the violence and should take a stand, as EUR did on the war between Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\t

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