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Complicity Map

academiccomplicity.nl

From late 2023 until now, in response to the ongoing genocide in Palestine perpetrated by the state of Israel, students and staff of Dutch universities increased pressure on their institutions to cut ties with Israeli companies and universities complicit in this crime against humanity. Students and staff have been calling for the academic boycott of Israel for many years prior, because Israeli academic institutions have been complicit in the commission of apartheid, colonization, and occupation against the Palestinian people for many decades. This website serves as an information source in support of their activities, and for anyone else interested in this issue.

Based on a variety of sources, including the CORDIS-website with EU funded research projects, university websites, results from Freedom of Information requests and the work of Dr. Maya Wind, this website maps institutional ties that are current as of March 2026. It builds on research by Stop Wapenhandel, the Rights Forum, Students for Palestine and students and staff at various Dutch universities, and is a work in progress.

Complicity Map is a tool for students, activists and researchers to discover the complicit links between European universities, private companies and government institutions with their Israeli counterparts. The participation of Israel in the EU’s R&D frameworks is an integral part of the multifaceted European-Israeli collaboration that has directly contributed to sustaining settler-colonialism, occupation and apartheid in Palestine for decades, ultimately culminating in the genocide of its indigenous people.