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The University of Geneva (UNIGE) is ending its strategic partnership with the University of Jerusalem and will not renew a student exchange program with the University of Tel Aviv that expires in 2026, it said in a statement on Thursday.

The University of Geneva said it came to this decision “after extensive consultation based on the recommendations of the scientific committee.”

In its statement, UNIGE said it “expresses its outrage at the humanitarian situation in Gaza and calls on all parties, in particular the Israeli government, to respect human rights and international humanitarian law, and recalls the right of the population to access food and medical care.”

The institution added that it “intends to continue its efforts to ensure transparency and ethical control of its international cooperation.”

In an online publication in the summer of 2024, UNIGE summarized and formalized all ethical obligations related to research and the resulting procedures.

According to the university, this is “a first step toward introducing an ethical self-assessment questionnaire that will be mandatory for all research projects starting in the fall of 2025.”

The University of Geneva is so far the only university in Switzerland that has decided to break off cooperation with Israeli universities.

The University of Lausanne (ETH) told the public broadcaster SRF that while it “condemns violations of human rights and international law,” an academic boycott is “out of the question” for ETH.

The University of Basel also told the broadcaster that “ending research collaborations and student exchanges is not currently an issue.”

The University of Bern told SRF that ending cooperation with Israeli research institutions “would be a massive restriction of academic freedom, which would contradict all values.”