![Students of Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VUB) attend a sit-in protest demanding the severing of all academic ties with Israel in Brussels, Belgium on May 13, 2024. [Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AA-20240513-34550911-34550901-BELGIAN_UNIVERSITY_STUDENTS_STAGE_DEMONSTRATION_FOR_ACADEMIC_BOYCOTT_OF_ISRAEL-1.jpg)
An Israeli report has cited a sharp rise in academic boycotts targeting researchers and institutions in Israel, even after the end of the Gaza war, Anadolu reports. The report, prepared by the Academic Boycott of Israel Monitoring Team, which was established by the Committee of University Presidents in Tel Aviv, said Israel’s negative image in Europe appears “so deeply entrenched that political moves alone are not enough to shift public perception.” The report, published by the The Marker, the economic version of the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, noted that the end of the Gaza war did not reduce boycott pressure. Instead, “the opposite occurred,” with a spike in cases filed by institutions and individual academics, it added. The team warned that […]
