Dear colleagues,
We come back to you with some news about ongoing campaigns against the complicities in collaborations and partnerships with institutions involved in crimes of genocide in Palestine.
First, we invite you to a conference today Friday 6th at 18h30 in Sorbonne University, Campus Pierre et Marie Curie, to discuss the French academic response to Israeli crimes, particularly the boycott of Israeli academic institutions. Professors, anthropologists and researchers will bring their perspective on these aspects. You will find attached the detailed information of this event.
***Call for gathering action on the week of 18-19th February in front of Institut Pasteur at noon***
Moreover, we have adhered the campaign ‘Sop Complicit Research’ gathering multiple collectives in French universities and research institutes, to oppose the complicity of research with imperialist and fascist corporations that support colonial projects, and to denounce partnerships with corporations funding armament industries and colonial entities.
As Israeli airstrikes killed again tenths of Palestinians on past 31sth of January, after more than 600 deaths since the so called ‘ceasefire’ on past October 2025, Israel perpetuates its colonial and genocidal campaign.
In France, many universities and research institutions collaborate with companies complicit in the Palestinian genocide or brutal colonial projects, such as Safran, Thales, Socfin, etc. The development of project-based funding and agreements with the private sector allows them to absorb public research in the name of the race for power and profit.
In Pasteur Institute, we will continue to denounce the long-term partnership with the Weizmann Institute of Sciences in Tel-Aviv, an institution with well-documented relations with the Israeli military (direct and through trainings and related foundations), military industries (Elbit System, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems). Moreover, in the past years, researchers from Weizmann Institute have received the “Defense Israel prize” for their involvement in the defense of Israel and inputs for its intelligence agencies like Mossad. You can read the full report on the Weizmann Institute here:
academiccomplicity.fr/pdf/Rapport%20dec%202025.pdf
Moreover, we call to bring end to the ties between BNP bank and Pasteur Institute. BNP is a major financial corporation known for its funding of the armament industries, and notably has funded the Israeli weapons company ‘Elbit systems’:
www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2024/08/09/bnp-paribas-finance-le-geant-israelien-de-la-defense-elbit_6274140_3234.html
We call all colleagues like us outraged with the silence and complicity with this situation to join us and spread the word denouncing these collaborations and the links of Weizmann and BNP with genocidal campaigns.
More details will be diffused next week!
Antigen- Institut Pasteur against genocide
