Presidents of Israeli universities sent a letter of appreciation to their colleagues in the U.S. thanking them for taking up fight against academic boycott of Israeli institutions.
The presidents of universities in Israel sent a letter Thursday to their colleagues in the United States thanking them for fighting against the academic boycott against Israel.
The letter was sent to 150 leading universities and colleges, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia and Duke.
“We are honored that you stand beside us in this unacceptable situation,” Hebrew University of Jerusalem President Professor Menachem Ben-Sasson wrote.
The letter was initiated by Hillel Israel, the largest Jewish student organization in the world, operating in over 400 campuses in 15 different countries.
“We have been closely following our U.S. colleagues’ efforts to condemn the academic boycott,” Hillel Israel Director-General Alon Friedman said. “When we saw that these effort were bearing fruit, we saw fit to update the heads of universities in Israel.”
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