Birzeit University

Israeli and U.S. flags seen on MIT's campus during the university protests, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 4, 2024. (Peaceearth/Wikimedia Commons)

After crushing dissent, U.S. universities are deepening ties with Israeli academia

Israeli universities regularly collaborate with the military, which has destroyed all academic life in Gaza. That's done nothing to slow U.S.-Israeli partnerships.

By Dikla Taylor-Sheinman and Georgia Gee August 11, 2025

U.S. president Joe Biden during a welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv for his first official visit to Israel since becoming president, July 13, 2022. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

The trip Biden should have taken, but didn’t

What would the president's itinerary look like if he decided to meet with Palestinians, including U.S. citizens, targeted by Israel's policies?

By Rina Rosenberg (Jabareen) July 14, 2022

Palestinian student supporters of the Hamas movement wave the movement's flag during a rally at Birzeit University, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 19, 2022. (Flash90)

Hamas’ landslide student election win marks major shift in Palestinian politics

The Islamist movement's stunning victory in Birzeit University’s student union vote reflects growing discontent with the West Bank's ruling Fatah party.

By Basel Adra May 31, 2022

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Birzeit University students involved with various political movements during a strike against the university administration's disciplinary measures against a Hamas-affiliated group on campus, February 2022. (Basil al-Adraa).

At Birzeit, a student strike rallies Palestinians of all stripes

Palestinian students across the political spectrum picketed classes for a month after Birzeit University tried to constrain a Hamas-affiliated group on campus.

By Basel Adra March 7, 2022

Palestinian students attend their graduation ceremony at the Birzeit University near the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 16, 2013. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

In its war on Palestinian students, Israel deems book fairs and falafel sales a crime

From campus raids to dubious indictments, Israel's persecution of Palestinian students aims to suppress political activism in West Bank universities.

By Anat Matar February 3, 2021

Reuven Kaminer (center) and Joel Beinin (second to right) march during a peace protest. (Courtesy of the Kaminer family)

Remembering Reuven Kaminer, the godfather of Israel’s radical left

From anti-occupation activism to anti-capitalist pedagogy, Reuven Kaminer inspired generations of activists to maintain a lifetime of political engagement.

By Joel Beinin November 2, 2020

Members of the Israeli Socialist Left (SHASI) march in Tel Aviv on May Day, May 1, 1990. (Courtesy of the Kaminer family)

Splintered but not broken: A history of Israel’s independent left

From class struggles to women's rights to fighting occupation, Israel's 'independent left' was never a cohesive social movement. Yet its impact is being felt to this day.

By Matan Kaminer and Joel Beinin May 28, 2020

Illustrative photo of an Israeli soldier attempting to block the view of a photographer as soldiers search Palestinian men in the West Bank city of Hebron, on June 22, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

‘The occupation broke her once. Now Israel is trying to break her again.’

Israeli soldiers arrested Birzeit student Mais Abu Ghosh and reportedly tortured her for weeks over political activities on her university campus.

By Jaclynn Ashly February 7, 2020

Illustrative photo of Israeli soldiers arresting a Palestinian man in the West Bank, on December 8, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israel is turning Palestinian students into criminals

Israeli authorities have arrested at least 64 Palestinian university students since the start of 2019. That number is only growing.

By Jaclynn Ashly October 31, 2019

Israelis take part in a protest calling for peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Tel Aviv, on August 16, 2014 (Activestills)

Israeli peace activism: Same slogans for a different reality

As a fundamental human desire and right, peace traverses time and context. However, if it is to be realized it must be adjusted to political and social realities. By Nadia Naser-Najjab In a period degraded by extremes of violence and dehumanization, the sight of 10,000 Israeli protestors taking to the streets of Tel Aviv last…

By +972 Magazine August 23, 2014

Israeli canons at an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 16, 2014. Operation 'Protective Edge' enters it's ninth day of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip as yesterday's ceasefire agreement proposed by Egypt has failed to restore calm (photo: Activestills)

On dual standards and the hypocrisy of peace

Israel has no problem asserting an inviolable right to self-defense, while repeatedly denying the same right to Palestinians. The same state that decries Palestinian violence has no qualms meeting non-violent protests with fully armed aggression. By Nadia Naser-Najjab The ongoing conflict in Gaza has led international actors to reassert Israel’s right to self-defense. Any objection that…

By +972 Magazine July 17, 2014