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: https://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’: https://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

Chers signataires,

Suite à la réponse négative à nos demandes de part de la Direction, nous revenons vers vous pour vous convoquer à un rassemblement ce *jeudi 20 novembre à 12h devant le bâtiment CIS* pour réaffirmer notre conviction que nous ne voulons pas de complicité avec le génocide, nous demandons du positionnement en tant qu’Institut Pasteur ainsi que de la cessation des collaborations avec des institutions d’un Etat, Israël, qui commets un génocide sur la population Palestinienne.
Venez nombreux et nombreuses ce jeudi ! Parlez-en autour de vos collègues !
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Dear signatories,

Following the negative response from the Direction to our requests, we are contacting you again to invite you to a gathering this *Thursday, November 20th at 12:00 PM in front of the CIS building* to reaffirm our conviction that we refuse to be complicit in genocide. We demand a clear stance from the Pasteur Institute and the cessation of all collaborations with institutions of a state, Israel, that is committing genocide against the Palestinian population. Please come in large numbers this Thursday! Spread the word to your colleagues!

Chers signataires de la pétition,

Nous vous informons de la réponse de la Directrice de l'Institut Pasteur, Pr Yasmine Belkaid, à notre pétition. Par cette initiative, nous avions demandé à la direction de l'Institut Pasteur de nous rencontrer afin de discuter de la fin des collaborations entre l'Institut Pasteur et les institutions israéliennes. Cette action vise à exercer une pression directe sur l'État d'Israël, qui commet actuellement un génocide contre la population palestinienne.

Nos demandes n'ont pas été prises en compte et nous n'avons pas été reçus par la direction pour discuter de ce sujet. Nous vous transferons ci-joint la réponse exacte à notre demande. En résumé, la Direction de l'Institut Pasteur choisit de ne prendre aucune position claire, même après le rapport de la Commission d'enquête internationale indépendante des Nations Unies sur le territoire palestinien occupé, qui declare officiellement les actions d'Israël comme un génocide contre les Palestiniens de la bande de Gaza.

Cette situation continue de placer notre Institut et son personnel en position de complicité, que nous ne pouvons accepter. Nous avons rassemblé davantage de personnes afin de constituer un groupe plus nombreux pour réitérer nos revendications et mener des actions sur le campus.

Face à l'inaction et au la négligence de la Direction envers nos appels et revendications, nous vous invitons à nous rejoindre pour une manifestation le 20 novembre afin d'exprimer notre désaccord avec le silence et la complicité de l'Institut Pasteur. Il est impératif de mettre fin aux collaborations entre l'Institut et les institutions israéliennes.

Nous invitons vivement toute personne souhaitant se joindre à nous pour organiser cette manifestation à nous contacter via la plateforme : www.openpetition.eu/fr/petition/kontakt/demandons-larret-des-collaborations-de-linstitut-pasteur-avec-israel-stop-complicite

Nous vous remercions sincèrement de votre soutien !

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Dear petition supporters,
We are getting back to you with an update on the answer by the Director of Institut Pasteur, Professor Yasmine Belkaid, regarding our petition. Through this initiative, we asked the Institut Pasteur direction to meet us to discuss the end of the collaborations between the Pasteur Institute and the Israeli institutions. This action seeks to apply direct pressure to the Israeli state, which is currently perpetrating a genocide on the Palestinian population.
Our demands were not taken into consideration, and we were not given the possibility to meet with the Direction and discuss this matter. You will find attached the exact response to our request. In few words, the Institut Pasteur Direction choses not to take any clear stance, even after the report by United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory officially declaring that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

This situation continues to put our Institute and its staff in a position of complicity, which we cannot accept. We have been gathering more voices to form a larger group of people to reiterate our demands and conduct actions around the Campus.

As a response to the inaction and the dismissive reply of the Direction to our demands, we call all of you to join us at a protest on the 20th of November to voice our disagreement with the silence and complicity of the Institut Pasteur. It is necessary to put an end to the collaborations between the Institute and Israeli Institutions.
We strongly invite any person willing to join us to organize this protest to contact us by sending a message via the platform: www.openpetition.eu/fr/petition/kontakt/demandons-larret-des-collaborations-de-linstitut-pasteur-avec-israel-stop-complicite

We sincerely thank you for your support!