We're camping at Rafah Garden demanding the University of Copenhagen end its complicit silence and divest from the occupation and genocide in Palestine
The students and staff at the University of Copenhagen join today the global encampments for Palestine. We demand an end to our university's complicity and investments in the occupation and genocide in Palestine! This ground is now free and liberated!
@koebenhavns_uni
#dkpol
COPENHAGEN UNIVERSITY DECIDES TO DIVEST FROM THREE COMPANIES ON UN LIST OF COMPANIES INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS IN PALESTINE. THIS IS A HUGE VICTORY FOR STUDENTS AGAINST OCCUPATION AND OUR MOVEMENT.
Opdatering vedrørende KU’s investeringer.
KU’s bestyrelse drøftede i april universitetets tilgang til placering af midler i virksomheder på FN’s liste over virksomheder, der har aktiviteter på Vestbredden.
På samme bestyrelsesmøde blev det også besluttet, at KU fremover skal
FOREIGN MINISTER OF DENMARK CONFRONTED BY STUDENTS
Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Foreign Minister of Denmark, former Prime Minister - and all time war criminal - visited University of Copenhagen’s South Campus today for a talk on EU. We had other things in mind:
Studerende mod Besættelsen - en koalition af studerende og ansatte på danske universiteter - har etableret en camp på Københavns Universitet. Med campen ønsker vi at sætte fokus på folkedrabet i Palæstina, og rejser i den forbindelse en række krav til
@koebenhavns_uni
While we are pleased with all the media attention we are getting, we must underline and remember why we're here.
THAT'S WHY OUR CAMP HAS BEEN RENAMED RAFAH GARDEN.
This morning the Israeli Occupation Forces ordered civilians to flee eastern Rafah. ALL EYES ON RAFAH, NOW!
Our camp keeps growing, we're at least 200 people now and at least 60 tents! Thanks to the local community for the amazing pouring of support! Hands off Rafah and FREE PALESTINE!
Good morning! It's Day 5 of our encampment at Rafah Garden. While
@koebenhavns_uni
's Board remains complicit in genocide, they have requested to start negotiations with us. Today, we'll mobilize across campus & welcome an art intervention in solidarity with the Freedom Flotilla.
Good morning everyone! It's Day 2 of the camp. Meanwhile,
@koebenhavns_uni
continues to invest in the genocide in Palestine. Nevertheless, we are grateful to everyone in the community who has willingly provided yummy food for breakfast!
The University of Copehagen should not run on the blood money of a genocide, just because a largely unelected technocratic Board decides it should!
@koebenhavns_uni
#dkpol
Today we launched our encampment at Rafah Garden at
@koebenhavns_uni
. Thank you for all the support. We recognize the irony of camping out at our campus while Palestinians are forced into displacement and mass death. Let’s keep our eyes on Palestine and keep up the pressure!
I går inviterede vi rektoratet og bestyrelsesmedlemmer
@koebenhavns_uni
til møde. Vi sidder her hele dagen og venter på dem. Vi vil dialogen - det er nu, KU skal vise, at de også vil den.
Kære KU-ledelse, hvad er meningen med at have en etisk investeringspolitik, hvis I nægter at frasælge virksomheder, der er sortlistet af FN, »fordi der ikke existere et marked med etiske investeringsprodukter«? 1/n
Om KU’s investeringer
Københavns Universitets mission er forskning og uddannelse. KU har en årlig omsætning på over 10 milliarder kroner. En stor del af disse midler kommer ind fra eksterne fonde, før de skal bruges, og nogle skal dække flerårige projekter. For at sikre at
It's a beautiful atmosphere here in Rafah Garden in Copenhagen. Unlike in Rafah, where every hospital has now been bombed. Our university
@koebenhavns_uni
remains complicit in the genocide, so we remain here. Solidarity with student encampments for Gaza all across the world! ✊
Good morning everyone. It's Day 3 of our camp and
@koebenhavns_uni
remains complicit in genocide. We've added beautiful flags and guidelines for people to join our growing camp in Rafah Garden. Everyone is welcome as long as you follow these guidelines!
In the past week several encampments organised by student organisations across universities in Scandinavia have popped up. Big respect to our Scandinavian comrades - keep up the good work and free Palestine!
DISCLOSE, DIVEST, WE WILL NOT STOP, WE WILL NOT REST
#ALLEYESONRAFAH
"Vi lader os selvfølgelig ikke spise af med tomme ord om gode intentioner, vi vil se konkret handling. Det har vi ikke fået i dag. Til gengæld har vi udstukket linjerne for fremtidige møder"
Our rector Henrik Wegener and the Minister of Research and Education Christina Egelund paying us a visit to get a photo op and pretend they haven't ignored us for the last three years. This is how we welcome them to our camp.
Kære KU-ledelse, I udtaler jer helt sikkert om besættelsen og folkedrabet i Gaza: Det har I gjort i årevis nu. I erklærer en holdning, når I fortsætter med at investere og samarbejde med en folkemorderisk stat. I erklærer en holdning gennem jeres tavshed. 1/2
I forbindelse med studerendes opstilling af teltlejr på KU:
Konflikten i Gaza vækker stærke og forståelige følelser. Vores studerende og ansatte er velkomne til at udtrykke deres holdning til konflikten, og også til at gøre det på universitetet. Vi hylder og skatter
Vi kræver, at : 1) Københavns Universitet anerkender og fordømmer det igangværende folkedrab og opfordrer til en øjeblikkelig våbenhvile og ophævelsen af belejringen af Gaza.
Danish Foreign Minister and war criminal Lars Løkke Rasmussen participated in the protest against himself in front of University of Copenhagen’s South Campus yesterday!
Our 5th demand is for
@koebenhavns_uni
to commit to an academic boycott, terminating collaborations with Israeli academic institutions, which are major, willing & persistent accomplices in settler-colonialism and apartheid. We cannot tolerate the normalization of oppression: 1/n
Yesterday, Tara from Jews for Just Peace gave a very moving talk at our encampment at Rafah Garden, just as Israel was dropping bombs on Rafah itself. Jews around the world are standing up against the atrocities of the Zionist State. Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism!
Statement by SMB in response to
@koebenhavns_uni
's delay tactics: "In the last 24 hours, 68 Palestinians have been killed and 94 Palestinians have been injured in Gaza. We cannot accept a protracted negotiation process when Palestinian civilians are being attacked and killed."
For to år siden blev invasionen af Ukraine fordømt af KU: I modsætning hertil er nedslagtningen af over 35.000 mennesker i Gaza ikke blevet mødt med andet end gaslighting fra jeres side. Vi vil blive i lejren, indtil jeres støtte til folkedrab stopper 2/2
It's Day 6 of our encampment at Rafah Garden, while
@koebenhavns_uni
remains complicit in the genocide in Palestine. Our schedule for today include workshops on de-escalation, Dabke dancing and drumming.
#FreePalestine
#AllEyesOnRafah
Today we received this touching greeting from Gaza, a reminder of why we must continue to pressure
@koebenhavns_uni
to divest from the genocide unfolding in Palestine, where over 13,800 children have been killed. We are grateful that our resistance is being noticed in Gaza.🙏
Good morning! It's Day 4 of our encampment at Rafah Garden. As Israeli tanks advance into Rafah, dismembering children & turning mosques into rubble,
@koebenhavns_uni
continues to invest in the illegal occupation of Palestine. We have a full day ahead of us, everyone is welcome!
We stand in solidarity with the students from Skolestrejke for Gaza, who will be arriving in the afternoon at Rafah Garden ✊ We will also feature a live online teach-in from Columbia University. Today is Day 12 of our encampment and
@koebenhavns_uni
remains complicit in genocide
Israelism screening at Rafah Garden on May 12, 21:00, together with Jews for Just Peace.
Everyone that wants to come is welcome, as long as as they respect and follow our guidelines!
The documentary will be screened in the camp (outside). Remember warm clothing!
Join us May 14th at CSS (by Rafah Garden): SMB and NASIM invite Martin El-Toukhy from Scholars Against the War on Palestine & Nadim Haidar from Internationalt Forum to talk about attacks on academic institutions in Palestine and the role of Danish universities in the
@BDSmovement
It's Day 9 of our encampment at Rafah Garden. As Israel escalates bombing across Gaza and Israeli tanks advance into Jabalia, Gaza City and Rafah,
@koebenhavns_uni
continues to invest in the illegal occupation of Palestine. We have a full day ahead of us, everyone is welcome!
Our library keeps growing! So many books about the history of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, and of movements striving for justice. Thank you to Haidar Ansari for helping us fill ourselves with knowledge, while our managers
@koebenhavns_uni
fill their pockets with blood money
We are proud to present Professor Ajay Singh Chaudhary, the director of Brooklyn Institute of Social Research as a speaker at 17:00 ❤️🔥
Come join in Rafah Garden! We would love to see as much support as possible for this very special speaker 🕊️
The agreement between
@koebenhavns_uni
and
@HebrewU
(HUJI) for example, is one of a kind, with exchange spots open to all students at UCPH. Meanwhile, HUJI is illegally occupying Palestinian territory in East Jerusalem & provides military support to the occupation forces 4/n
4) Afslutter deres indkøbsaftaler med virksomheder, som profiterer på eller er medskyldige i besættelsen af Palæstina
5) Forpligter sig til en akademisk boykot ved at afslutte institutionelt samarbejde med israelske akademiske institutioner
Why boycott? Israeli higher education institutions are accomplices in scholasticide. Israel has destroyed all of Gaza's universities and at least 584 schools. The UN has described this as the "killing of learning". 2/n
@koebenhavns_uni
@HebrewU
HUJI -
@koebenhavns_uni
's institutional partner - also provides financial support to the occupation army and hosts an army base for officers in training, serving to perpetuate the apartheid regime. 5/n
@koebenhavns_uni
@HebrewU
Eran Segal - a computational biologists who has posted numerous times on social media, defending the atrocities of the Israeli regime - was kindly invited to
@koebenhavns_uni
for "Metabolism Day" on March 12, 2024. 6/n
Today is Yawm al-Nakba - the day we remember the Nakba - the first genocide by Israeli forces that destroyed Palestinian society and displaced millions of people in 1948. We have a full program ahead of us, with a drumming workshop and discussion of what we remember today.
The complicity of
@koebenhavns_uni
in the illegal occupation of Palestinian territories now going international
@AlJazeera
!
Emil: "I can't sit at home reading about moral responsibility and political justice without doing something about it."
IMPORTANT EDUCATION STRIKE FRIDAY 17/5
We encourage all students and pupils on all kinds of education institutions to strike on Friday 17/5 as part of Nakba Week of Rage.
Vi kræver, at : 1) Københavns Universitet anerkender og fordømmer det igangværende folkedrab og opfordrer til en øjeblikkelig våbenhvile og ophævelsen af belejringen af Gaza.
Good morning! It's Day 11 of our encampment at Rafah Garden, and
@koebenhavns_uni
remains complicit in the genocide of now over 35,000 people in Palestine. Today's schedule includes a workshop with Skolejstreik for Gaza and a session on debunking zionist myths and tactics.
Men i løbet af de sidste 7 måneders folkemord - med over 35.000 mennesker dræbt af den israelske stat og over 15.000 børn bombet i småstykker - blev KU's investeringer i disse virksomheder øget: 3/n
Som studerende, fakultet og ansatte på KU har I svigtet os fuldstændigt. En bestyrelse, der gemmer sig bag en tredjeparts "professionelle kapitalforvaltere" og tillader dem at finansiere død og ødelæggelse, er ikke en bestyrelse, der er egnet til at lede. 4/n
"Hvis man ville, kunne
@koebenhavns_uni
sagtens undgå at investere i virksomheder med aktiviteter på Vestbredden", fastslår Steen Vallentin, der forsker i bæredygtige investeringer på CBS.
Two years ago, Danish universities broke off their collaborations w/institutions in Russia & Belarus, due to a "strong request" by Minister for Higher Education
@ChristinaEgelun
. After the genocide of 35,000+ Palestinians, no such request has been made with respect to Israel. 3/n
Tror I virkelig, at det at investere i virksomheder, der bidrager til folkedrab, er at investere »forsvarligt og bedst muligt«? Andre universiteter, som Aalborg Universitet, har solgt ud af virksomheder, der bidrager til folkedrab. 2/n
Eran's institute - the Weizmann Institute of Science - offers a program for training soldiers, and collaborates with Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries, both major weapons manufacturers responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. 7/n
Our demand calls for the cancellation of all cooperation with Israeli universities, including: events, activities, lectures, agreements & projects with them. We do not target individual academics who are not affiliated with these institutions, and who oppose the genocide n/n
2) Trækker deres investeringer fra virksomheder, som profiterer på eller er medskyldige i besættelsen af Palæstina.
3) Tilbyder fuld økonomisk gennemsigtighed i forhold til deres investeringer.
It's a beautiful atmosphere here in Rafah Garden in Copenhagen. Unlike in Rafah, where every hospital has now been bombed. Our university
@koebenhavns_uni
remains complicit in the genocide, so we remain here. Solidarity with student encampments for Gaza all across the world! ✊