The International Physics Competition is an annual competition in which high school students from all over the world participate. This year, it is intended to be hosted at the Tel Aviv University in Israel, with competitors from some 80 countries all over the world.
However, several academics, among them Professor Emmanuel Farjoun from Hebrew University’s Einstein Institute of Mathematics, have signed an open letter to the young competitors and their mentors opposing the competition. The letter was published on the BDS website, and stresses that Israel is an “apartheid” state, thus encouraging them to boycott the competition.
“We call on boards of other International Science Olympiads to refrain from organizing their future contests in Israel, as long as it continues its military occupation and apartheid policy, in defiance of international law,” begged the letter.
CEO of Im Tirtzu, Matan Peleg, has expressed his disbelief of this phenomenon. “It is disgraceful that Hebrew University, which is supposed to be a beacon of academic light, has become a political incubator of anti-Zionist professors who devote their lives to attacking the State of Israel,” he said.
Read more: Jerusalem Post, Israel Hayom, World Israel News
