{"id":179833,"date":"2025-06-06T16:04:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T14:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=179833"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:51","slug":"executive-board-adopts-israel-advice-and-freezes-collaborations-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/06\/06\/executive-board-adopts-israel-advice-and-freezes-collaborations-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Board adopts Israel advice and freezes collaborations immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Executive Board largely accepts the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Sensitive Collaborations (ACSC). As a result, collaborations with Bar-Ilan University, Hebrew University, and the University of Haifa are immediately put on hold.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/19152829\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_vs2Tyna-Le-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139402\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/19152829\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_vs2Tyna-Le-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139402 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/19152829\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_vs2Tyna-Le-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139402 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/19152829\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_vs2Tyna-Le-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139402 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/19152829\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_vs2Tyna-Le-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139402 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/19152829\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_vs2Tyna-Le-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139402 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/19152829\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_vs2Tyna-Le-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139402 2048w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/19152829\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_vs2Tyna-Le-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139402 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/11\/19152829\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_vs2Tyna-Le-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139402 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p><span>In May 2024, a protest against ties with Israel was held at the Central Station.<\/span><\/p> <p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/tyna-le\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Tyna Le<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read more<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/19141912\/schoonspuiten-cleaning-graffiti-tentenkamp-encampment-gaza-protest_van-der-goot_eur_7_19.5.2025_Esther-Dijkstra.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/19141912\/schoonspuiten-cleaning-graffiti-tentenkamp-encampment-gaza-protest_van-der-goot_eur_7_19.5.2025_Esther-Dijkstra.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 2560w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/19141912\/schoonspuiten-cleaning-graffiti-tentenkamp-encampment-gaza-protest_van-der-goot_eur_7_19.5.2025_Esther-Dijkstra-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/19141912\/schoonspuiten-cleaning-graffiti-tentenkamp-encampment-gaza-protest_van-der-goot_eur_7_19.5.2025_Esther-Dijkstra-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/19141912\/schoonspuiten-cleaning-graffiti-tentenkamp-encampment-gaza-protest_van-der-goot_eur_7_19.5.2025_Esther-Dijkstra-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/19141912\/schoonspuiten-cleaning-graffiti-tentenkamp-encampment-gaza-protest_van-der-goot_eur_7_19.5.2025_Esther-Dijkstra-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/19141912\/schoonspuiten-cleaning-graffiti-tentenkamp-encampment-gaza-protest_van-der-goot_eur_7_19.5.2025_Esther-Dijkstra-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/19141912\/schoonspuiten-cleaning-graffiti-tentenkamp-encampment-gaza-protest_van-der-goot_eur_7_19.5.2025_Esther-Dijkstra-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 2048w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/19141912\/schoonspuiten-cleaning-graffiti-tentenkamp-encampment-gaza-protest_van-der-goot_eur_7_19.5.2025_Esther-Dijkstra-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/05\/19141912\/schoonspuiten-cleaning-graffiti-tentenkamp-encampment-gaza-protest_van-der-goot_eur_7_19.5.2025_Esther-Dijkstra-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139426 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/05\/28\/new-advice-minimise-existing-cooperation-with-three-israeli-universities\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tNew advice: minimise existing cooperation with three Israeli universities\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2025-05-28\">28 May 2025<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSafety\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>Collaboration in international consortia with the universities from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa remains possible, but only if the involved researchers from Rotterdam do not have to work directly with the Israeli institutions.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Human rights in jeopardy<\/h2><p>\u201cOur international collaborations are based on academic freedom and scientific diplomacy. But that freedom has limits when fundamental human rights are at stake\u201d, said chair Annelien Bredenoord regarding the decision on the website of Erasmus University.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the conditions for resuming collaboration, there is a slight gap between the advice and the decision. While the commission recommends a broad assessment of the risks regarding the occupation of Palestinian territories, archaeological activities, and relations with the Israeli Army (the IDF), the Executive Board focuses on the relationship with the IDF. Resumption of cooperation according to the Executive Board is only possible if the partner university demonstrably distances itself from the army.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After the war<\/h2><p>Once the war is over, cooperation can also resume. This latter point was not explicitly mentioned by the committee, but \u2018it certainly plays a role if it means that human rights violations are then over, ACSC chair Ruard Ganzevoort comments. Finally, the Executive Board wants to reassess every three months, whereas the committee was content with annual monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>The university administration wants to enter into discussions with the management of the three Israeli universities within two weeks. Meanwhile, the advisory committee is examining the ties with two other universities: the University of Tel Aviv and Birzeit University (in the West Bank). Soon, an advice on these will be published.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#039;Pleased&#039;<\/h2>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read more<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-violet  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/16161147\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_7_Tyna-Le.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139375\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/16161147\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_7_Tyna-Le.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139375 2560w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/16161147\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_7_Tyna-Le-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139375 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/16161147\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_7_Tyna-Le-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139375 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/16161147\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_7_Tyna-Le-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139375 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/16161147\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_7_Tyna-Le-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139375 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/16161147\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_7_Tyna-Le-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139375 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/16161147\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_7_Tyna-Le-2048x1366.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139375 2048w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/16161147\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_7_Tyna-Le-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139375 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/05\/16161147\/Palestina-protest-Rotterdam-CS-16052024_7_Tyna-Le-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139375 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/06\/03\/cautious-welcome-of-acsc-advice-on-eur-israeli-university-collaborations\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tCautious welcome of ACSC advice on EUR-Israeli university collaborations\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2025-06-03\">3 June 2025<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOpinion\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>The group of academics and staff who had already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/06\/03\/cautious-welcome-of-acsc-advice-on-eur-israeli-university-collaborations\/\">expressed their views on the advice in an opinion piece<\/a> as \u2018cautiously welcomed\u2019, now <em>strongly <\/em>welcomes the Executive Board\u2019s decision. \u201cWe especially appreciate the clarity that: first, human rights are a foundational dimension to the values of academic freedom and science diplomacy in EUR\u2019s institutional collaborations; second, that recognition of the risk of existence of an indirect involvement by EUR in human rights violations through institutional collaborations is a basis to freeze and cease such links and third, a decision to freeze institutional links takes seriously the values and conditions of academic freedom. Our university is showing that it wants to be on the right side of history.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#039;Very important step&#039;<\/h2><p>Renee Kolpa, a law and philosophy student involved in the campus protests, is also positive about the decision. \u201cThe commission\u2019s advice and the subsequent decision of Erasmus University demonstrate that the institutional rigidity, which has long prevented the administration from critically assessing Israel, is slowly beginning to loosen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a long time, it was unthinkable to hold Israel to the same standards as other actors, but now space is gradually emerging for this\u201d, Kolpa continues. \u201cThis is a crucial development, as it signifies a crack in the deeply ingrained Dutch discourse, which not only justifies but even encourages inhumanly cruel behaviour by Israel. This marks a very important step for Erasmus University towards genuine academic freedom and responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Signals<\/h2><p>In the decision, the Executive Board also expresses concerns about \u2018signals that some members of the EUR community no longer feel free to speak out, or that they feel unsafe due to their background, beliefs, or involvement in social movements\u2019. Therefore, the Executive Board calls on everyone \u2018to contribute to an open, careful, and respectful dialogue, especially when there are significant disagreements\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/persons\" class=\"mt-6 md:mt-8 lg:mt-10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 md:gap-8 md:items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"teaser-person\" class=\"relative flex gap-4 items-center md:gap-8\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"image:rounded-full image:size-20 image:aspect-square image:object-cover md:image:size-36 shrink-0\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Elmer-Smaling_profielfoto-bol_Leroy-Verbeet-2026-1600x1600.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1768313247\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" 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