We warmly welcome the historic and principled decision of Trinity College Dublin (TCD) to sever institutional ties with the Israeli State and complicit universities and companies in response to recommendations of its Task Force. This courageous step is a testament to the power of student-led activism and grassroots pressure, supported by staff and their trade unions. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the BDS movement salute Academia for Palestine (AfP) TCD and the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCD SU) and all staff and students who made this possible.
Omar Barghouti, co-founder of PACBI, said:
“We call on universities across Ireland, Europe, and around the world to follow Trinity’s example and stand on the right side of history by cutting ties with apartheid Israel and its complicit universities, as was done against apartheid South Africa. No institution truly committed to justice and human rights can remain complicit in the crimes of a regime that systematically violates international law and human dignity.”
By choosing to divest from complicit companies, end collaborations with Israeli institutions and complicit universities, and have no contracts with complicit Israeli suppliers, Trinity has taken a meaningful stand against Israel’s ongoing and livestreamed genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, as well as its decades-old regime of settler-colonial apartheid and illegal military occupation.
TCD also commits to not participate in new research projects that include complicit Israeli institutions and to advocate, together with other European universities, for Israel’s exclusion from such research frameworks.
TCD joins dozens of universities around the world taking steps to end complicity in Israel’s grave crimes against Palestinians.
Students everywhere know this victory was not handed down, it was won through relentless organising, strategic solidarity, and sacrifice. Let Trinity's decision be a rallying cry:
Organise
Peacefully disrupt business-as-usual
Demand academic boycott and divestment
Sever ties with apartheid
Until every institution ends complicity in apartheid, the struggle continues. Your voices are powerful. Continue to use them. Palestinians everywhere, especially in Gaza, deeply appreciate and are inspired by your meaningful solidarity.