11 September 2013
The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Ashton of Upholland
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
European Union
Dear Lady Ashton
Reports in the media that you are thinking of softening or postponing the implementation of the EU Guidelines on Israeli Settlements have shocked academic opinion across Europe and beyond.
The Guidelines which you announced in July indicated that the EU would insist upon the application of its long-held position which, to quote your own documents, “[conforms] with international law on the non-recognition by the EU of Israel’s sovereignty over the territories occupied by Israel since 1967,” and that henceforth cooperation with Israel would be “based on respect for human rights and democratic principles” and in particular on respect for international law. The promulgation of the Guidelines sent Israel a clear message that its continued occupation of these territories and illegal settlement-building have consequences, and has given it an incentive to think again.
We, and the nearly five hundred European academics who have signed the attached petition in the last 48 hours, applaud your Guidelines, and urge you not to weaken or abandon them at the first sign that Israel, or the United States, takes objection to them. Principles are principles. Please stick to yours.
(signed)
Ivar Ekeland
Association des Universitaires pour le Respect du Droit International en Palestine (AURDIP)
Jonathan Rosenhead
British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP)
cc José Manuel Barroso, President of the EU Commission
Herman Van Rompuy, President of the EU Council
Martin Schulz, President of the EU Parliament
Dalia Grybauscaite, President of Lithuania, President of the Council of the European Union
European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine
11 September 2013
Dear Catherine Ashton
cc: Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
We are writing to you with regard to the guidelines published recently by the EU on the eligibility of Israeli bodies for EU financial support which are designed to prevent projects in illegal Israeli settlements from receiving funding from the European Research Council and the forthcoming Horizon 2020 EU research funding programme.
The guidelines were widely welcomed by researchers and citizens who had been deeply concerned that the EU was encouraging and funding collaboration between European universities and Israeli companies such as Ahava that operate in illegal Israeli settlements. Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory are illegal under international law and their continued existence and expansion lead to severe violations of the human rights of Palestinians.
We understand that negotiations on Israel’s participation in the Horizon 2020 program will begin on Thursday, and we have read that you hope to find ways to implement the new guidelines "sensitively". We have also read that US Secretary of State John Kerry is pressuring the EU to repeal the new guidelines.
As academic researchers, many of whom have been in receipt of EU research funding, we call upon the EU to implement its new guidelines in full and to ensure that projects, companies and institutions located in illegal Israeli settlements are not eligible for EU research funding.
Yours sincerely,
Professor A. Kupiainen, Helsinki University, Finland, ERC Advanced Grant recipient
Mr Abe Hayeem, RIBA, Westminster University, UK
Dr Adam Darwish, Sussex University, UK
Dr Adolfo Calatrava, Universidad de Granada, Spain
Dr Adrian Budd, London South Bank University, UK
Professor Agustin Velloso, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain
Dr Ahmad Awad, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Professor Ahmed Abbes, CNRS, France
Dr Aitor Hernández, University of Barcelona, Spain
Dr Alain Guenoche, Université Aix-Marseille, France
Professor Alain Mille, Université Lyon1 Claude Bernard, France
Professor Alan Walmsley, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Dr Alberto Toscano, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Dr Alessandro Bianchi, Università di Bari, Italy
Professor Alex Callinicos, King's College London, UK
Professor Alexis Tadie, Université de Paris IV, Sorbonne, France
Dr Ali Bardy, Tampere University, Finland
Mr Ali Bensaad, Université Aix-Marseille, France
Mr Ali Raiss-Tousi, Birkbeck College London, UK
Miss Alicia Fedez Gómez, Universidad de Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Ms Ambra Bonazzi, Università di Bologna, Italy
Dr Ana Aguirre, University of the Basque Country, Basque Country
Mrs Ana Belén, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Dr Ana Pego, Põem University, Portugal
Professor Anand Pillay, University of Leeds, UK
Dr Anandi Ramamurthy, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Dr Andrea Balduzzi, Università di Genova (Italy), Italy
Professor Andrea Domenici, Università di Pisa, Italy
Dr Andrea Genovese, University of Sheffield, UK
Dr Andy Storey, University College Dublin, Ireland
Dr Angelo Stefanini, Università di Bologna, Italy
Dr Anie Conter, Université Paul Sabatier, France
Dr Ann Ighe, Gothenburg University, Sweden
Mrs Anne Junk, retraité, Luxembourg
Professor Ann Jefferson, Oxford University, UK
Professor Anna Bozzo, Roma Tre University, Italy
Professor Annalisa Marchi, Università di Cagliari, Italy
Dr Anne Alexander, University of Cambridge, UK
Mrs Anne Marie Faucon, France
Professor Anthony Milton, University of Cambridge, UK
Mr Antoine Bodin, Université Aix-Marseille, France
Dr Arietta Papaconstantinou, University of Reading, UK
Professor Arnaud Beauville, Université de Nice, France
Dr Arnaud Bondon, Université Rennes1, France
Ms Aude Signoles, Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence, France
Mr B D Najak, University of Durham, UK
Mrs ballet, Université Joseph Fourier, France
Dr Baptiste Cecconi, Observatoire de Paris, France
Professor Baracca Angelo, Università di Firenze, Italy
Ms Barbara Azaola Piazza, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Professor Baudouin Jurdant, Université de Paris 7 Diderot, France
Ms Beatriz Garai, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Basque Country
Professor Belhachmi, Université de Haute Alsace-Mulhouse, France
Professor Ben Rogaly, University of Sussex, UK
Professor Ben White, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Mr Bernard Aubin, Université de Lille, France
Professor Bernard Caillaud, Paris School of Economics, France
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Dr Bertil Egerö, Lund University, Sweden
Professor Bill Bowring, Birkbeck College London, UK
Professor Bob Brecher, University of Brighton, UK
Dr Brenna Bhandar, School of Oriental and African Studies University of London, UK
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Mr Bruno Dewailly, Université de Tours, France
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Professor Daniel Thin, Université Lyon 2, France
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Mr David Beorlegui, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (EHU), Basque Country
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Professor Dayan-Herzbrun Sonia, Université Paris Diderot-Paris7, France
Professor Delphine Lautier, Université Paris Dauphine PSL, France
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Dr Edda Brandes, Frei Universität Berlin, Germany
Dr Eddie Powell, University of Cambridge, UK
Professor Efren Areskurrinaga, University of the Basque Country, Basque Country
Ms Elaine Bradley, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Dr Elizabeth Picard, CNRS (IREMAM), France
Ms Elizabeth Shannon, University of Limerick, Ireland
Dr Eman A. Khamas, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Ms Emma Playfair, School of Oriental and African Studies University of London, UK
Dr Eoin Devereux, University of Limerick, Ireland
Mr Escallier Robert, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
Professor Eszter Vamos, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Dr Eurig Scandrett, Queen Margaret University Edinburgh, UK
Dr Evren Uzer, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Professor Eystein Skjerve, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Norway
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Dr Feras Hammami, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Dr Fernando Ballenilla García de Gamarra, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Mr Fernandro Garcia, Universidad Autònoma de Madrid, Spain
Mr Ferran Izquierdo, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Professor Filippo Bracci, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy, ERC Advanced
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Professor Francesca Corrao, Luiss University Rome, Italy
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Ms Francine Mestrum, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Dr Francis Laloë, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Monpellier, France
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Mr François Siino, Université Aix-Marseille, France
Mr François Burgat, Université Aix Marseille, France
Professor François Rohart, Université de Lille 1, France
Professor Françoise Crézé, Université de Strasbourg, France
Professor Frank Land, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Professor Frank Roels, Ghent University, Belgium
Mr Frank Verstraeten, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Mr Fred Boullet, Inst St Luc, Belgium
Mr Frison Tanguy, Haute Ecole de l'Enseignement Supérieure de Namur, France
Professor Gaetano Fiore, Università di Napoli, Italy
Dr Gareth Dale, Brunel University, UK
Professor Gazal, Université Toulouse 2 - France, France
Mr Gérard D.Khoury, CNRS, France
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Nazionale de Lincei
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Dr Giovanni Capellini, Université di Roma Tre, Italy
Dr Giovanni Carbone, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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Dr Glenn Bowman, University of Kent, UK
Mr Golzari, University of Westminster, UK
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Professor Graeme Segal FRS, University of Oxford, UK
Professor Graham Dawson, University of Brighton, UK, UK
Mr Guessab, Université de Lyon, France
Professor Guido Van Nooten, University Ghent, Belgium
Dr Guillermo Pablo Vicent, Universitat Pompeu Fabra - CRG, Catalonia
Professor Guy Perrier, Université de Lorraine, France
Mr Haakon Fottland, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Professor Haim Bresheeth, School of Oriental and African Studies University of London,
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Professor Hans Haenlein, University of Reading, UK
Dr Hatem Zaag, CNRS and Université Paris 13, France
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Professor Héctor Grad, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Dr Henrietta Dickinson, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland
Professor Herman De Ley, Ghent University (Belgium), Belgium
Mr Hossein Rostamzadeh, University of Olso, Norway
Professor Hugh Starkey, Institute of Education University of London, UK
Professor Iain Scobbie, University of Manchester, UK
Professor Ian Mason, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Mr Ignacio Alvarez Ossorio, University of Alicante, Spain
Mr Ignacio Gutiérrez de Terán Gómez Benita, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Mrs Ilse Staude, University of Marburg, Germany
Dr Inma Alvarez, The Open University, UK
Mrs Irene Fernandez Ramos, School of Oriental and African Studies University of
London, UK
Ms Isadora D'Aimmo, Cairo University, Italy/Egypt
Mr Israel Morales Benito, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
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Professor Ivar Ekeland, Université Paris-Dauphine, France, former president, Université
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Professor Jacqueline Masseron, Université de Paris-Sud Orsay, France
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Mr Javier Barreda Sureda, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
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Professor Jean-Etienne Lefebvre, Université de Valenciennes, France
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Professor Jean-Marc Levy-Leblond, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
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Professor Jihane Sfeir, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
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