Overview

• Trinity’s board approved immediate divestment from Israeli companies and vowed to enter into no new Erasmus, collaborative research or supply agreements with Israeli universities or firms.
• The decision implements recommendations from a taskforce chaired by former High Court president Mary Irvine that met 14 times and heard 77 submissions.
• A five-day student blockade of campus last year in protest of Israel’s actions in Gaza prompted the taskforce’s creation.
• Trinity’s two current Erasmus+ exchange agreements with Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar Ilan University are scheduled to expire in July 2025 and July 2026, respectively.
• Following similar protests, the University of Geneva announced it would end its partnership with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, marking a wider European reevaluation of links with Israeli institutions.