Israel out of Horizon
EU funds Israeli Academia complicit in Apartheid and Genocide
Am 27. März 2026 demonstrierten Studierende in über 30 Städten in der gesamten EU, um den Ausschluss Israels aus dem Horizon-Programm zu fordern. Vor dem ‚Europäischen Haus‘ in Berlin forderten sie keine EU-Gelder mehr für Völkermord!
As Israel continues its genocide in Gaza and unleashes unprecedented aggression against the people of the West Bank, Lebanon, and Iran, the EU sends millions to Israeli universities. Through the Horizon program, Israel received 1.1 billion euros over the past three years, more than all but two EU member states.
These funds and partnerships are essential to Israeli academia, with Israel’s Academy of Science and Humanities saying expulsion from the program would be “almost a death knell” for Israeli research.
Israel’s university system enables its occupation of Palestinian land and regional aggression by providing essential technology and other services for its genocidal military. Projects without direct military links play a key role in normalizing its apartheid system by allowing an entity based on ethnic cleansing and genocide to present itself as a beacon of scientific progress. While the EU removed Russia from Horizon almost immediately after its invasion of Ukraine, Israel has remained in the program after over two years of genocide in Gaza and attacks against its neighbours.
On 27 March, students in over 30 cities across the EU demonstrated to demand the removal of Israel from the Horizon program. Look and listen to 2 speeches in Berlin at the ‚Europäisches Haus‘ to say no more EU funds for genocide!
