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Jamia University, Don’t Endorse Apartheid!

Concerned citizens express serious concern over the event that seeks to improve the image of Israel, which is unleashing the worst ever repression of Palestinian rights.
BDS India
07 Oct 2019
Jamia University, Don’t Endorse apartheid!

We, the undersigned, appeal to the Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics at Jamia Millia Islamia, to not have Israel as the country partner for the second 2nd Global Health Zenith Confluence. The event, as mentioned in their website, is from 5 October to 13 October.

This event comes in the wake of a discussion on Hindutva and Zionism at the Convocation Hall in the University of Mumbai which was organised by the Consulate General of Israel in Mumbai. The repetitive presence of the Israeli state agencies in events organised in universities and cultural institutions makes it clear that this is part of the Brand Israel propaganda promoted by the Israeli state, which hopes to whitewash its racist and apartheid policies. The Hindi film industry, among other informal players, has also been complicit in this. These events are an attempt to improve Israel’s image in front of the Indian public, but, through this statement, we would like to make it clear that this we see through Israel’s strategy and stand in opposition to it, in support of Palestinian rights.

It is not a coincidence that these events are proliferating under the current Indian government. Normal civilian life and democratic rights of the people of Kashmir have been crushed by this regime. India is the biggest importer of Israeli arms, financing its occupation, colonial and apartheid regime.

Our appeal to Jamia Milia Islamia is a response to the call made by the largest Palestinian civil society coalition to boycott academic programmes supported by the Israeli state. Surely, authorities at Jamia Millia Islamia can see the brutal irony of Israel’s embassy partnering in an event on health infrastructure while 2 million people in the besieged Gaza strip are denied basic medical facilities and paramedics are killed by sniper bullets. UN experts have said healthcare in Gaza is at a breaking point.

If the university proceeds with the programme in association with the Israeli embassy, it will be complicit in whitewashing Israel’s violation of Palestinian human rights and international law.

Pushpamala N.
Nayantara Sahgal
Mohan Rao
Sohail Hashmi
Pamela Philipose
Ranjan Solomon
Komita Dhanda
Nandini Dhar
Uma Chakravarti
Nivedita Menon
Leki Thungon
Achin Vanaik
Debaditya Bhattacharya
Tapan Bose
Mariam Dhawale
Souradeep Roy
Vinay Sreenivasa
Marcy Newman
Ritu Menon
Amar Jesani
Rahul Roy
Afsar Jafri
Arundhati Ghosh
Suhail Shafi
Rahul Roy
Sukumar Muralidharan
Yusuf Raza
Rajni Palriwala
K Sen
Ram Rahman
Malini Bhattacharya
Mihir Bhattacharya
Preeta Bhattacharya
Maimoona Mollah
Asha Sharma
Sudhanva Deshpande
Githa Hariharan
Gargi Sen
N Jayaram
All India Demoratic Women’s Association

Courtesy: Indian Cultural Forum,
Original published date:
04 Oct 2019
Jamia Millia Islamia University
Israel
2nd Global Health Zenith Confluence
Mumbai
Gaza
Kashmir
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