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Conference of Italian University Rectors responds to calls for universities to boycott Israel
Italy’s academic community was caught off-guard in March and April as protests over the Israel-Hamas war erupted at university campuses across the country and demonstrators called for an academic boycott of Israel.
In response, the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) issued a “best practices” document advising on how Italian universities should respond to humanitarian crises such as the situation in Gaza.