{"id":7,"date":"2025-06-07T14:37:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T12:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/BDS-UHH\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:57:13","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bds-uhh.org\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"cut ties with genocide now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-left translation-block\">For 77 years, Palestinians have been living (and dying) under Israeli <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nakba\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nakba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">displacement<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.de\/informieren\/amnesty-report\/israel-und-besetzte-gebiete-2022\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.de\/informieren\/amnesty-report\/israel-und-besetzte-gebiete-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">occupation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/world-court-finds-israel-responsible-apartheid\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2024\/07\/19\/world-court-finds-israel-responsible-apartheid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">apartheid<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfam.org\/en\/timeline-humanitarian-impact-gaza-blockade\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.oxfam.org\/en\/timeline-humanitarian-impact-gaza-blockade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blockade<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2025\/05\/end-unfolding-genocide-or-watch-it-end-life-gaza-un-experts-say-states-face\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">genocide<\/a>. In 2005, students, teachers, and professors launched the BDS campaign as a nonviolent and legitimate means of resistance against the injustice imposed on the Palestinian people by Israel\u2014and ignored and tolerated by the international community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide is-light\" style=\"min-height:430px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"https:\/\/bds-uhh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gaza_university_blown_up.mov\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><\/video><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Israa university in the north of Gaza | Januar 2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>source:<\/summary>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/world-middle-east-68138210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/world-middle-east-68138210<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Since October 2023, we have been witnessing an unprecedented level of cruelty, which we can watch live-streamed on our devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\" translation-block\">Official figures claim 70,000 civilians killed (although the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(24)02678-3\/fulltext\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">actual number<\/a> may be much higher and does not include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">indirect<\/a> deaths) \u2013 in fact, the estimated death toll is over 100,000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than 20,000 children killed\u2014some of them deliberately murdered with shots to the head<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than 235 journalists killed (more than in any previous war in human history)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Repeated deadly attacks on medical rescue workers and doctors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reports of cruel torture and murder by torture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/academia-under-attack.org\/dokumentation\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/academia-under-attack.org\/dokumentation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Destruction<\/a> of all 13 universities in Gaza<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Withholding of drinking water and food as a weapon against the population<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bds-uhh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IOF_burning_bibliothek_portrait.png?resize=703%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bds-uhh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IOF_burning_bibliothek_portrait.png?resize=703%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 703w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bds-uhh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IOF_burning_bibliothek_portrait.png?resize=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1 206w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bds-uhh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IOF_burning_bibliothek_portrait.png?resize=768%2C1119&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bds-uhh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IOF_burning_bibliothek_portrait.png?w=818&amp;ssl=1 818w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/israeli-soldier-burning-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/israeli-soldier-burning-books\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In light of these atrocities and destruction, we cannot simply leave it at empty words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An end to the violence can and will only come about when freedom, justice, and equality prevail. For Palestinians and Israelis alike. Regardless of religion or ethnicity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"540\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 304 \/ 540;\" width=\"304\" controls src=\"https:\/\/bds-uhh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BDSMmovement_Gaza.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>source:<\/summary>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bds.movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bds.movement\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The United Nations has called on all states to do everything in their power to prevent a potential genocide\u2014although leading genocide researchers largely agree that such a situation does not exist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/opinion\/article\/2024\/10\/29\/amos-goldberg-what-is-happening-in-gaza-is-a-genocide-because-gaza-does-not-exist-anymore_6730881_23.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/opinion\/article\/2024\/10\/29\/amos-goldberg-what-is-happening-in-gaza-is-a-genocide-because-gaza-does-not-exist-anymore_6730881_23.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a> \u2013 to avert this. This is clearly not in the interest of the Federal Republic of Germany. On the contrary, it is supporting this genocide through arms deliveries to Israel worth approximately \u20ac500 million until mid-2025. Historically and today, the oppression of the Palestinian people is only possible with the support of Western states such as Germany, the UK, and the US.  That is why it is up to us\u2014workers, students, and schoolchildren\u2014to stand up against this genocide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The continuation of decades-long occupation, apartheid, and the ongoing genocide is made possible, in part, by the fact that all institutions in Israel\u2014including universities\u2014subordinate themselves to these ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">That is why we are heeding the call from Palestinian civil society and urging the University of Hamburg to immediately cease all research collaborations with Israeli universities, colleges, and other research institutions. This is a concrete step against German support for apartheid and genocide that we, as students and staff, can fight for.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:62px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yes, it&#039;s a genocide\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WMwqhdVV5as?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:62px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seit 77 Jahren leben (und sterben) Pal\u00e4stinenser*innen unter Israelischer Vertreibung, Besatzung, Apartheid, Blockade und Genozid. Im Jahr 2005 haben Studierende, Lehrende und Professoren die BDS Kampagne als gewaltfreies und legitimes Mittel zum Widerstand gegen das dem pal\u00e4stinensischen Volk von Israel aufgeb\u00fcrdete \u2013 und von der internationalen Staatengemeinschaft ignoriert und geduldete Unrecht&nbsp;ins leben gerufen. Seit Oktober [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bds-uhh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bds-uhh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bds-uhh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bds-uhh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bds-uhh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bds-uhh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/bds-uhh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bds-uhh.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}