Campaign in Münster: join us!

Around the world, an increasing number of universities are ending their cooperation with Israeli institutions that are alleged to be involved in the occupation, apartheid, and military research. For example, the University of Amsterdam and the University of Helsinki have ended their exchange programs with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University. In May 2024, the Conference of University Rectors in Spain (representing 76 public and private Spanish universities) decided to review all partnerships with Israeli universities and research centers and, where necessary, terminate them. More international achievements of the Academic Boycott movement can be found here.

The academic boycott has become an effective means of drawing attention to Israel’s colonial system of oppression and building international pressure.

We in Münster have also decided to focus our efforts on the academic boycott and, in doing so, join this international movement. Our university must no longer be complicit in a regime that has oppressed the Palestinian people for decades and is attempting to destroy them through genocidal violence.

Our End Academic Complicity working group (AK) is committed to ensuring the success of this long-term campaign, with the clear goal of having the University of Münster implement our demands. To achieve this, we must build pressure and grassroots power together, because the university administration will not act on its own.

Get organized with us!

Contact us via the contact form, Instagram, or email at info[at]endcomplicity-ms.de

Science should not be complicit in oppression. It should be a tool for justice and liberation.

Materials and our demands

Here you’ll find a range of materials from our campaign.

Our Demands to the University Administration

1. Develop ethical guidelines that prohibit research or research collaborations when they are connected to military applications or human rights violations. Expand your civil clause so that no cooperation takes place with universities or companies involved in military research or military applications, and commit to enforcing it consistently!
2. Ensure transparency regarding all existing partnerships with Israeli institutions!
3. End all existing partnerships with Israeli institutions, whether in the context of research projects or exchange programs!
4. End all existing partnerships with companies and institutions that support the oppression and the genocide of Palestinians!
5. Build direct academic and solidarity-based relationships with Palestinian universities and scholars. Admit Palestinian students, especially those from Gaza!
6. End the repression of Palestine-solidarity students and staff!