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A group of Jewish academics, educators, & intellectuals opposing both antisemitism & its weaponisation against freedom of speech & protest.

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UKJAN @ukjan.bsky.social · Nov 15
UKJAN Values Statement: (Thread, originally posted 8 Oct 2024)

The UK Jewish Academic Network (UKJAN) launched in May 2024 to challenge the widespread instrumentalisation of antisemitism and memory of the Holocaust to suppress legitimate political dissent.

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In the thread that follows is UKJAN's response to the letter by the Board of Deputies of British Jews (original letter linked here: www.ft.com/content/6a50...)

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April 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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This includes recent cases such as an unnamed Turkish academic whose visa was revoked in February and last year's unsuccessful attempt to revoke the visa of student Dana Abuqamar. Signed, Prof. Seth Aniszka Mohamed S. Farsi-Lindenbaum Professor of Jewish-Muslim Relations, University College London Prof. David Feldman Director, Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism Prof. Neve Gordon Professor of International Law, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London Prof. Richard Caplan Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford Prof. Hagar Kotef Professor of Political Theory, SOAS, University of London Prof. Jacqueline Rose Professor of Humanities, Co-Director, Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities Prof. Michael Rosen Goldsmiths University London Prof. Catherine Rottenberg Professor of Feminist Media Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London Prof. Avi Shlaim Emeritus Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford Prof. Adam Sutcliffe Professor of European History, Kings College London Prof. Neil Turok Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics, University of Edinburgh Dr. Yair Wallach Reader (Associate Professor), SOAS Prof. Nira Yuval-Davis Professor Emeritus, University of East London Full Statement and Signatories: UKJAN.org.uk
March 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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As members of the UK Jewish Academic Network and alongside Jewish scholars, researchers and academic staff from across the UK, we protest the arrest and detention by US immigration agents of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University alumnus and Palestinian activist, on the grounds of alleged antisemitism. This is chilling evidence of the Trump administration's cynical weaponisation of supposed concern for Jewish safety to attach freedom of expression. We call for Khalil's immediate release. It is especially abhorrent that Khalil's whereabouts were unknown for days to his lawyers or his family, including his wife, who is eight months pregnant. We reject the Trump administration's false claims to be combating antisemitism and protecting Jewish staff and students at Columbia University by arresting student activists. We condemn attempts like this to instrumentalise our communities, and we recognise them for what they are: racist, authoritarian divide-and-rule tactics that weaken academic freedom and suppress political dissent. Unfortunately, the US is not alone in facing these alarming trends. In the last few years, we have seen the ramping up of repressive policies and strategies at universities across the UK in relation to Palestine, including attempts to revoke visas or use lawfare to attack students and staff based on flimsy accusations of threatening public safety.
March 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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“We implore our government and all people of conscience to demand Mahmoud Khalil’s release and to defend the rights of those calling for Palestinian and indeed all human rights to be upheld“

Full text of our statement and list of signatories can be found on our website at UKJAN.org.uk

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March 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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We held back briefly while waiting for mainstream news platforms to pick up our letter. After prolonged silence, however, we feel we cannot delay this message any longer.

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March 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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1/5 A groundbreaking Amnesty report published today concludes Israeli authorities are committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. www.amnesty.org.uk/genocide-rep...
December 5, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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More than 60 British MPs have sent a letter to the UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, urging him to impose sanctions on Israel over “repeated violations of international law”, according to the Wafa news agency.

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November 29, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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83% of plant life in Gaza has been destroyed.

Israel's genocide is making Gaza uninhabitable - and our media outlets are complicit by suppressing the truth.

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83% all plant life in Gaza destroyed: two devastating reports on Israel's genocide
Two reports detail the hideous consequences of Israel's Western-facilitated genocide. And yet the Western media bury or ignore them altogether.
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November 29, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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May those forcibly displaced from their homes in the villages of south Lebanon return to their homes, their land, and rebuild.

May those Palestinians forcibly displaced in ongoing Nakba since 1948 all return to their homes and land, and rebuild.
josephwillits.bsky.social Joseph Willits 🍉 🦩🦚🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇱🇧 @josephwillits.bsky.social · Nov 26
"Apart from completely erasing these villages & having no people here, there's no real physical thing that can make me feel safe," says Israeli from Kfar Giladi on a ceasefire in Lebanon.

Ethnic cleansing of Lebanese & an uninhabitable south Lebanon is the goal for many Israelis.

Horrific.
November 27, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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What is the Unified Call for Justice and Freedom in Palestine?

In Nov 2023, 15 Palestinian HE institutions issued a joint statement (www.birzeit.edu/en/news/unif...) calling upon academic institutions worldwide to take action against the genocide being perpetrated by Israel against Gazans.

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(black text on a purple background) UK Jewish Academic Network The Unified Call for Justice and Freedom in Palestine One Year Later What is the Unified Call for Justice and Freedom in Palestine? In November 2023, 15 Palestinian higher education institutions issued a joint statement calling upon academic institutions worldwide to take action against the genocide being perpetrated by Israel against Gazans. The statement lists five concrete actions for the international academic community, urging us to:
November 25, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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UKJAN Values Statement: (Thread, originally posted 8 Oct 2024)

The UK Jewish Academic Network (UKJAN) launched in May 2024 to challenge the widespread instrumentalisation of antisemitism and memory of the Holocaust to suppress legitimate political dissent.

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November 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM