The State of Israel, as a center of scientific and technological innovation, needs to preserve its financial, social, and national defense resilience by strengthening its academic and research infrastructure. Along its 76 years of existence, Israel has managed to turn existential challenges into groundbreaking opportunities, positioning itself as a global high-tech powerhouse.
Israeli academia has traditionally fulfilled a crucial role in generating the human and scientific infrastructure that positioned Israel not only as a high-tech powerhouse but also as a developed country with advanced systems in a long line of sectors, including national defense, health, education, welfare, and more.
However, the events of October 7 2023 and the consequent war brought on complicated changes in global public opinion, exposing Israel to new threats including repeated attempts to impose an academic boycott on Israeli institutions and researchers. This interim report by the Samuel Neaman Institute examines the scope of the academic boycott of Israel, its diverse existing and potential effects, and potential and effective means of addressing it.
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