This week we commemorate the victims of three years of genocide. Palestinians in Gaza still survive in inhumane conditions, with a purposely decimated health care system, destroyed infrastructure, continued food shortages, and disastrous lack of basic hygiene. The settler attacks in the West Bank are escalating with impunity. Southern Lebanon
We will resume our weekly sit-in in front of Rapenburg 70, to stand in solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues and students, who have been bombed, displaced, starved and killed, and whose institutions have been willfully destroyed. Please note, this term the sit-ins will take place on Tuesdays 12:
Welcome back to a new academic year. As our classes, committees, and other administrative tasks pick up again, the political pressure on management needs to be intensified once more. Over the last 12 months, after much pressure and mobilisation, Leiden management has imposed limited forms of scrutiny on collaborations with
Download the slides here(English and Dutch)Start with Silence 26_slides EN & NL.pptx145 KBdownload-circle During the summer break we have all witnessed how the genocidal frenzy of the Israeli state is spiraling further out of control. With the unabashedly racist language of core leadership, settler terrorism
Op maandag 11 mei 2026 organiseerde Leiden Scholars for Palestine (LSP) een actiedag. De directe aanleiding hiervoor was de recente publicatie van het advies van de Commissie Mensenrechten en Conflictgebieden over lopende samenwerkingen met Israëlische partners en de reactie hierop van het College van Bestuur. De conclusie van de commissie
Monday 11 May 15:15-16:30 Discussion in Lipsius 1.23 17:00-18:00 Demon outside Rapenburg 70
In this newsletter: * Response to the CvB statement on ties with Israeli Institutions * 11 May LSP Action Day! * 19 May Community gathering: Palestinian Poetry, Music, and Food * Open Letter: Beyond 'Pluralism': No Room for Genocide Denial Behind Closed Doors * Looking back: Areej Sabbagh-Khoury * Upcoming Events: Calendar Response
Joint statement of Leiden Scholars for Palestine and Students for Palestine The recently published advice by the Committee Human Rights and Conflict Areas on the collaboration between Leiden University and ‘israeli’ institutions marks a watershed. It recommends ending nearly all of these relationships. Since the campaign for academic boycott began
In this newsletter: * LSP action day * Student demo CvB * Book talk Dr. Areej Sabbagh-Khoury * Monthly Walk Out and Brief and Loud Protest * Organize boycott info session in your department (FNV) * Upcoming events: Calendar LSP Action Day Monday 11 May 15:00-18:00 End academic complicity, cut the ties,
In this newsletter: * Attack on Lebanese University * LSP Meeting with Luc Sels * Update on FNV/AoB petition to cut ties with Israeli institutions * Praesidium Belli: can the university survive militarisation? * Teachers: Tell Palestinian Stories! * Upcoming Events: Calendar Attack on Lebanese University On 12 March, Israel bombed the Lebanese University, killing
Every first Monday of the month when the alarm sounds, we put down our work and make noise for Gaza. Please join us on Monday 2 March at 12 sharp in front of the FSW building in Leiden and bring a pan and spoon. There is no real ceasefire, the
A delegation of Leiden Scholars for Palestine has been invited to speak with the new Executive Board. The meeting takes place on Thursday 26 February at 11:30 in Rapenburg 70. We call upon all our supporters to express solidarity and call for an immediate boycott outside of the Oude