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British Committee for the Universities of Palestine. Campaigning for the academic and cultural boycott of apartheid Israel. bricup.org.uk

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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In a joint investigation by Liberty and Al Jazeera, thirteen British universities have been exposed as collaborating with BAE systems to ‘handle’ pro-Palestine campus protests. www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/uk-un...
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UK universities briefed BAE Systems on pro-Palestine campus protests – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
First there’s the gruelling task of trying to charge my laptop’: a day in the life of a university lecturer in Gaza The academics of Palestine need our solidarity - sign the Academic Commitment for Palestine (pinned to our account) www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘First there’s the gruelling task of trying to charge my laptop’: a day in the life of a university lecturer in Gaza
As the war in Gaza approaches its fourth year, the Guardian follows five ordinary Palestinians as they go about their lives. Each tells the story of their day, revealing the terrible toll of the confl...
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 26/09/2026
“Our future security shouldn’t be based on the insecurity of Palestinians.” UCU has repeatedly called on USS to divest from companies complicit in Israel’s actions in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories. Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts.
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Academic Commitment for Palestine Over 1,000 UK academics have honoured the Palestinian call to boycott Israeli institutions Please join them - sign the commitment-publicise on union & academic mailing lists -add the link to your email signature. academiccommitment4palestine.org.uk
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As scholars associated with UK universities, and responding to the call from Palestinian civil society, we declare that we will not: accept invitations to visit Israeli academic institutions; act as r...
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How UK universities briefed BAE Systems on pro-Palestine campus protests Several universities discussed protests with the UK’s largest weapons maker, raising concerns about influence and academic freedom. aje.news/7i5a85 via @AJEnglish
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How UK universities briefed BAE Systems on pro-Palestine campus protests
Several universities discussed protests with the weapons maker, raising concerns about influence and academic freedom.
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In historic vote, the TUC adopts BDS. Teachers’ and academics’ unions should now actively promote it. www.bricup.org.uk/activities/i...
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In historic vote, the TUC adopts BDS. Teachers’ and academics’ unions should now actively promote it. – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
BRICUP statement on repression of academic freedom at British universities www.bricup.org.uk/activities/b...
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BRICUP statement on repression of academic freedom at British universities – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Gaza’s children return to school in makeshift tents – but return they do www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/gazas...
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Gaza’s children return to school in makeshift tents – but return they do – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“This government faces a straightforward choice: Continue to block efforts to expose the truth, or break with the past and stand on the right side of history.” Read this piece by @nevegordon on the need for an inquiry into British complicity in genocide. www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/brita...
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Britain’s complicity in the Gaza genocide is becoming clear – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A new report by Investigate Europe and Reporters United details how Israel is using legal and other means to attempt to derail European university boycotts. www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/euobs...
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EUobserver report details Israeli campaign to block European university boycotts – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Scholasticide & Genocide in Gaza: Assessment, Testimonial & Legal Analysis by Friends of Palestinian Universities www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scholastic...
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Scholasticide & Genocide in Gaza: Assessment, Testimonial & Legal Analysis
Launch of PCHR’s new report on scholasticide and genocide in Gaza, examining education, international law, accountability and Gaza’s future.
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What are we to make of the British government’s new “tougher” policy on illegal Israeli settlements in the OPT? Do sanctions on Israel go far enough? www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/what-...
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What are we to make of the British government’s new “tougher” policy on illegal Israeli settlements in the OPT? – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Apartheid in Israeli Academia: New Report www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/apart...
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Apartheid in Israeli Academia: New Report – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
EUobserver report details Israeli campaign to block European university boycotts www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/euobs...
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EUobserver report details Israeli campaign to block European university boycotts – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BRICUP statement on repression of academic freedom at British universities www.bricup.org.uk/activities/b...
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BRICUP statement on repression of academic freedom at British universities – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Victory at KCL- Usama Ghanem suspended for pro-Palestine activism with threat of being expelled to Egypt and almost certain imprisonment there. Now, following campaign, KCL has lifted the suspension and allowed him to resume his studies. Read story here www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/an-im...
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An important victory at King’s College London – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
London university lifts suspension of pro-Palestine student Usama Ghanem King's College London reverses suspension of Egyptian student after year-long legal and public campaign www.middleeasteye.net/news/kings-c...
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London university lifts suspension of pro-Palestine student Usama Ghanem
King's College London reverses suspension of Egyptian student after year-long legal and public campaign
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The North American Middle East Studies Association has created a new website that keeps track of and analyses assaults on academic freedom on account of Palestine advocacy since 7 October 2023. Here is the link: mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
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The new MESA Academic Freedom Initiative website offers datasets tracking threats to academic freedom in the U.S. and Canada. It also provides research and analysis of campus climate, academic freedom...
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In Canada, mainstream outlets repeated the finding of "alarming levels of antisemitism on university campuses" . Two weeks later, it became clear that 92 per cent of anti-Zionist Jewish respondents found campuses safe and inclusive. www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/canad...
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Canadian universities are hostile places for Jews – not. – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
UK universities have taken extreme measures to crush pro-Palestine actions by students and staff. Nowhere has this repression been more severe than at Kings College London, as this report from the civil rights organisation, Liberty, makes plain www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/kings...
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Kings College London takes extreme measures against pro-Palestine students – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine
In letter to Macron and Burnham, more than 100 senior figures accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing and call for measures including trade ban
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Major legal victory should protect critics of Israel on campus. Anti-Zionism confirmed as a protected belief www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/major...
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Major legal victory should protect critics of Israel on campus – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Israel creates fake think tank to feed AI chatbots with distorted reports on Palestine www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/israe...
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Israel creates fake think tank to feed AI chatbots with distorted reports on Palestine – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Still unsure about boycotting Israeli universities? Read this account of Tel Aviv University’s place in Israel’s warfare state www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/still...
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Still unsure about boycotting Israeli universities? Read this account of Tel Aviv University’s place in Israel’s warfare state – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Criminalising the phrase ‘Globalise the Intifada’ is dangerous @nevegordon an Israeli professor of international law, explains the actual meaning of controversial chant and the real reason why there are attempts to outlaw it in the UK, US and Australia. www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/neve-...
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Neve Gordon on the Zionist war on Palestinian expressions of resistance – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The BMA has voted to oppose the roll-out of the IHRA definition across the NHS and the Mann Reviews recommendations. BRICUP applauds this, click on link below to read our letter www.bricup.org.uk/activities/b...
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BRICUP backs BMA decision to ditch IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Zionists mount intense campaign to suppress Canadian museum exhibit on the Nakba www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/zioni...
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Zionists mount intense campaign to suppress Canadian museum exhibit on the Nakba – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Taqwa Ahmed Alwawi in Palestine Deep Dive describes how foreign academics have helped students – and academics – in Gaza to endure Israel’s continuing genocidal onslaught. Surely more can, and should, be done on these lines? www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/onlin...
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Online teaching a life support for students in Gaza during the genocide – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
ELSC-BRISMES report on the pernicious effect of IHRA definition on UK campuses identifies 40 instances where the IHRA definition was used as the basis of complaints against student activists and staff. In every case – the complaints were dismissed. www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/elsc-...
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ELSC-BRISMES report on the pernicious effect of IHRA definition on UK campuses – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Washington’s war on university teaching of Israel-Palestine conflict has reached McCarthyite levels www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/washi...
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Washington’s war on university teaching of Israel-Palestine conflict has reached McCarthyite levels – BRICUP
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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is Israel’s deliberate policy of ongoing Nakba. To maintain business as usual with the genocidal state of Israel or any of its complicit companies and institutions is to be complicit too. We need you to channel your rage, frustration, and grief into effective, strategic BDS action now.
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Another victory – in France – for Palestine solidarity and academic freedom France court overturns decision to ban academic conference on Palestine www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/anoth...
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Another victory – in France – for Palestine solidarity and academic freedom – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
An investigation by Al-Jazeera and Liberty Investigates exposes the heavy-handed, unprincipled methods employed by KCL (and possibly other universities including Oxford, UCL and Cardiff) to intimidate and suppress pro-Palestine student activism www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/inves...
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Investigation reveals King’s College London uses heavy-handed measures to suppress pro-Palestine student activism – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This major report on Scholasticide published by @fpu_org provides a remarkably detailed account of the scholasticide in Gaza. www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/major...
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Major Report on Scholasticide in Gaza – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
High school final exam season is stressful. In Gaza, it’s nearly impossible www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/the-g...
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The grotesque challenge of high school final exams for students in Gaza – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Israeli forces raid Birzeit University in a petty attack on murals depicting Palestinian heroes www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/israe...
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Israeli forces raid Birzeit University in petty attack on murals – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Election wins prove pro-Palestine US campus protests didn’t fail www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/us-ca...
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US campus protests vindicated by recent primary victories – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Israel has killed or incarcerated every hospital director in Gaza including Dr Marwan Al-Sultan. What sort of country would deliberately destroy every hospital and health centre and kill or incarcerate every hospital director of a captive people? www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/israe...
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Israel has killed or incarcerated every hospital director in Gaza including Dr Marwan Al-Sultan. – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Is comparing Israel with Nazi Germany becoming unavoidable? www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/why-c...
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Why comparing Israel with Nazi Germany is becoming unavoidable – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Israel’s financial strangulation of the West Bank is killing Palestinian public education www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/israe...
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Israel is deliberately destroying education in the Occupied Palestinian Territories – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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Major report reveals systemic anti-Palestinian policies at Canadian universities – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
//THE ACADEMIC COMMITMENT FOR PALESTINE// It's essential that academics honour the Palestinian call to boycott Israeli institutions. Please -sign the letter -publicise on local union & academic mailing lists -add the commitment to your email signature academiccommitmentforpalestine.wordpress.com
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A Commitment by UK Scholars to Human Rights in Palestine
Visit the post for more.
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Major report published on anti-Palestinian policies in Canadian HE ie investments in Israel, partnerships with Israeli organisations, donations from pro-Israel entities, + anti-Palestinian policies on campus to suppress BDS activities & Palestinian voices www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/major...
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Major report reveals systemic anti-Palestinian policies at Canadian universities – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A Victory for Academic Freedom: University of Leeds Restores All Rights to Professor James Dickins BRICUP statement www.bricup.org.uk/activities/a...
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A Victory for Academic Freedom: University of Leeds Restores All Rights to Professor James Dickins – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A Victory for Academic Freedom: University of Leeds Restores All Rights to Professor James Dickins BRICUP statement www.bricup.org.uk/activities/a...
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A Victory for Academic Freedom: University of Leeds Restores All Rights to Professor James Dickins – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Remembering Professor Colin Green, a great Palestinian benefactor www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/remem...
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Remembering Professor Colin Green, a great Palestinian benefactor – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
American Psychological Association faces investigation for discriminating against those committing genocide www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/ameri...
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American Psychological Association faces investigation for discriminating against genociders – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
America’s learned societies have lent backwards to defend Israel – but why? www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/ameri...
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America’s learned societies have lent backwards to defend Israel – but why? – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Government’s university free speech complaint scheme to go ahead in September www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/gover...
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Government’s university free speech complaint scheme to go ahead in September – BRICUP
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bricup.bsky.social @bricup.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Zionists fail to dislodge Palestinian from Oxford Union Presidency www.bricup.org.uk/news-2/zioni...
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Zionists fail to dislodge Palestinian from Oxford Union Presidency – BRICUP
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