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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🚨🐦🔎NEW: Princeton hires archaeologist who digs next to Israeli torture camp. Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison: open.substack.com/pub/sparrows...

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Princeton hires archaeologist who digs next to Israeli torture camp

Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison

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Saeed Khan @saeedwkhan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

How UofT can not only have a visiting professor from a state committing genocide and murdering children EVERY. SINGLE. WEEK come and teach, but teach on a topic that IGNORES Israel's crimes and pretends there are economic lessons they can teach us. UofT must CANCEL this course.

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This new story reminds us of when, very recently, UofT hosted an Engineering guest Professor who participated in the Gaza genocide & in the IOF's illegal invasion of Lebanon 10/ bsky.app/profile/spar...

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

How is offering a course by someone affiliated w institutions complicit with apartheid & war crimes, who frames the economy of an apartheid, war criminal state as a "fascinating economic laboratory", while said state escalates its genocides in Palestine & Lebanon, aligned with UofT's mission? 9/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

UofT's mission is to foster "an academic community in which the learning and scholarship of every member may flourish, with vigilant protection for individual human rights, and a resolute commitment to the principles of equal opportunity, equity and justice." 8/ www.utoronto.ca/about-u-of-t...

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About us - Mission

The University of Toronto is dedicated to fostering an academic community in which the learning and scholarship of every member may flourish.

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A third example is a 2025 paper (also ISF-funded) on "Political Rational Inattention: A New Measure With an Application to Political Polarization". Focus is, once more, on the USA. 7/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Another recent paper, which was, like the previous one, funded through a Israel Science Foundation grant, asks the question "Do campaign contributions fuel political sabotage?" Here too, the focus is on the USA elections 6/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Lagziel's work is not disconnected from Israel's geopolitical interests and hasbara machine. See for instance this recent article on "the role of incentives in inducing sabotage in political contents", which focuses on the USA 5/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

On his professional webpage, Lagziel specifies that he will be visiting professor at the UofT until October 2027. According to an older, public cv retrieved online, he was Armored corps Lieutenant (a higher rank) in the IOF from 2002 to 2006 (this info is not listed on his webpage cv though) 4/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The visiting professor, Professor Daniel "Dudu" Lagziel, publicly advertised the course on his facebook page and is currenty listed in UofT Economics' website 3/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The poster frames the war criminal, apartheid state as "one of the world's most fascinating economic laboratories", and as a "case study in innovation, inflation, globalization, and economic development". Here is the course description 👇 2/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🐦🚨NEW: UofT Economics is offering a course on "Israeli Economy" taught by a Ben Gurion University in the Neguev visiting professor this fall. The course seeks to ask: "How can one small country teach us about the world's biggest economic questions? 🧵1/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

NEW🚨 🐦🔎: Higher education institutions like CarletonU, UofCalgary, ConcordiaU & UofT accept 💰💰💰 from the Azrieli foundation that are explicitly tied to deepening ties w 🇮🇱, at times of heavy censorship of conversations around 🇵🇸 on campus sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/and-whats-...

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"And what's a child?": Canadian Universities Partner with Foundation that Fuels Israel's Genocide in Gaza

The Azrieli Group and Azrieli Foundation’s ties to Israel’s colonial project are well documented

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🐦🔎 NEW: Politically appointed UofT Governing Council Member continues to serve the pro-Israel lobby. Does UofT protect the “right” messengers—or just the “right” message? substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Politically appointed UofT Governing Council Member continues to serve the pro-Israel lobby

Does UofT protect the “right” messengers—or just the “right” message?

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Mon @mirey.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

just shocking and not surprising

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

🚨 NEW: Platforming archaeologists who legitimize war crimes: By continuing to ignore PACBI, archaeological institutions worldwide are enabling Israel’s occupation of & genocide in Palestine open.substack.com/pub/sparrows...

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Platforming archaeologists who legitimize war crimes

By continuing to ignore the Palestinian Campaign For The Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, archaeological institutions worldwide are enabling Israel’s occupation of & genocide in Palestine

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

"The Munk School isn’t just an external bystander; it functions as the institutional partner & academic anchor of these debates.By allowing this platform to frame the future of 🇵🇸 as merely an ‘🇮🇱 vs🇮🇱’ internal matter, your institution actively supports the erasure of Palestinian self-determination"3/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

"...and the responsibility lies squarely with the University of Toronto and its leadership. Janice Stein, as the Founding Director of the Munk School and its key intellectual voice, you are central to this calculated political move." 2/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

REPOST from @jewssayno.bsky.social's ig: "This isn’t just a “messed up debate”—it’s a calculated institutional betrayal. The @munkdebates’ decision to host a two-state solution discussion featuring ZERO Palestinian voices is a gross abuse of an academic platform..." 1/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🐦🔎The University of British Columbia hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp: Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/ubc-hosts-...

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UBC hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp

Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

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UBC hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp

Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison

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Atul Haria (immigrant) @atulharia.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This whole thread and responses. It's just gut-wrenching...

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Girish Daswani @girishdaswani.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The professor invited by UBC describes his work as an "archaeology of military occupation”, cites Foucault, but does not see the contradictions of working on an archaeological site built on ruins of an ethnically cleansed Palestinian village and next to one of the largest prisons for Palestinians👇

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Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

When I was under 1, my dad was arrested in the UK. As was the standard procedure, he had the beating of his life and was left on a cell floor to reflect on the errors of his ways. He got 3 years in a max security jail. One of the men arrested with him died on hunger strike.

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RedArmyFraction @nopassaran.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

🚨 From our latest post, which looks at medical doctors affiliated to 🇨🇦 universities who served in the IOF as per @davidemastracci.bsky.social 's findidfsoldiers.net. This pediatric orthopedist + Prof at UBC Medicine went to serve during the genocide. More details: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Honestly speechless at how depraved this is.

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

🐦🔎UofT Engineering Guest Professor Participated in Gaza Genocide & Illegal Invasion of Lebanon Shahar Kvatinsky was Visiting Professor at UofT from 2023 to 2025. During this period, he left twice to serve as Lieutenant Colonel in the IOF's Golani Brigade substack.com/home/post/p-...

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UofT Engineering Guest Professor Participated in Gaza Genocide and Illegal Invasion of Lebanon

Dr Shahar Kvatinsky was Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto from 2023 to 2025. During this period, he left twice to serve as Lieutenant Colonel in the IOF's Golani Brigade.

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

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UofT Engineering Guest Professor Participated in Gaza Genocide and Illegal Invasion of Lebanon

Dr Shahar Kvatinsky was Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto from 2023 to 2025. During this period, he left twice to serve as Lieutenant Colonel in the IOF's Golani Brigade.

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Girish Daswani @girishdaswani.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

What happens when the university you work for allows genociders to work alongside you and to teach students? Is the university also complicit when they allowed this Engineering professor to make several trips, to murder innocent women, children, men in Palestine, and to return to teach in Toronto?

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Thank you: will make sure to add alt text from now on!

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

🐦🔎 The findidfsoldiers.net database lists five doctors who, as per publicly available information, currently teach Medicine in Canadian universities. One went to serve after Oct. 7, 2023: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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Val-pacas 🌎 @val-pacas.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

😱😡

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

This is pretty jaw-dropping stuff.

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

5 of the soldiers listed in @davidemastracci.bsky.social's database are doctors who, as per publicly available information, currently teach Medicine in Canadian universities. One of them went to serve as a reserve fighter after October 7, 2023: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

As they should!

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

🐦🫶🇵🇸 Follow us on Substack to learn more about how universities are complicit with apartheid and genocide, and find generative ways forward. First post out, second one coming very soon! substack.com/@sparrowsfor...

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Sparrows for Palestine is a collective of university members who care about our institutions respecting international law and, therefore, ending their complicity in the occupation and genocide of the ...

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

The Palestine exception AND the ongoing coloniality of British academia are in full display yet again

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 23/09/2025

“Student action is not meaningless.” interc.pt/4nR9Gvf

A photo of MIT students and community members attending a Palestinian solidarity protest at city hall in Cambridge, Mass., on Dec. 9, 2024, overlaid with the headline, "MIT Professor Cancels Israeli Military Grant After Student Pressure," and the DEK, "“This concession shows that student campaigns do have an influence,” one student said. "These ties cannot survive transparency.""

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

In September 2025, an email regarding the expansion of the Canadian reciprocity work permit pathway for new hires from the Germany to the UK and Israel was sent to “Dean’s Office and Academic HR colleagues” Email quoted here: substack.com/home/post/p-... 4/

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How embedded within UofT have partnerships with Israeli institutions become?

Quick answer: Very, very much.

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Since 2003, UofT has been in partnerships w 8 Israeli academic institutions: •HUJI (est. 2003) •Technion (est. 2013) •TAU(est. 2015) •U of Haifa (est. 2015) •Weizmann Institute (est. 2016) •Jerusalem College of Technology (est. 2018) •Ben Gurion U (est. 2018) •🇮🇱 Institute (est. 2021) 2/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🐦🔎 Quick answer: Deep. Very deep: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🐦🔎 Complicit Israeli universities in their own words: On Oct. 30, 2023, HUJI put out a video on their youtube page entitled "Research During War". In this video, we notably get a sense of how not only Israeli, but also international students play a role in the country's genocidal machinery.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

This is so significant: a new comprehensive report detailing the myriad modalities of Canadian university complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. static1.squarespace.com/static/68bf2...

Palestine at Canadian Universities: How institutional complicity in colonial genocide is maintained

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