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Associate Professor Jake Lynch is fighting a case in Australia’s Federal Court to uphold his right not to take part in institutional collaborations between the University of Sydney, where he directs the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, and two Israeli universities. The case against him, under Australia’s racial discrimination legislation, is brought by Shurat HaDin, a right-wing Israeli law centre and NGO.
Lynch will explain the rationale for the academic boycott of Israel, part of the original PACBI call issued by 170 Palestinian civil society organisations in 2005, and give an update on the court case.
His struggle is taking place on the frontline of a declared tactic by Israel of using the courts in countries around the world to stifle the BDS movement. He will set out what is at stake, describe the galvanising effect of the case on the movement in Australia, and explain how a successful boycott movement is an essential precursor to peace with justice.