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Christian Ehler criticises university leaders he says are halting research collaborations with Israel
A prominent MEP has criticised European academia’s response to the Gaza conflict in a letter to EU research and education commissioner Iliana Ivanova.
On 4 June, Christian Ehler (pictured), a German MEP for the Christian Democratic Union, wrote to Ivanova expressing “deep concern regarding the European treatment of Israel and its researchers in recent weeks”.