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Estitxu Garai, Joxerramon Bengoetxea y Asier Blas



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17/9/2025
2025/09/17 - 13:00

UPV has refused to participate in research projects worth EUR 247 million because of their links with Israel

The rector of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Joxerramon Bengoetxea, has insisted on Wednesday that "the issue of the genocide of the Palestinian people is a priority in our university" and has implied that the UPV has in recent months renounced research projects worth 247 million euros in the field of biomedicine or computer science because of their connection with the State of Israel.

At his hearing, Bengoetxea urged the European Commission and the Spanish Government to exclude universities, research centres and institutions in Israel from European research cooperation funds, academic or cultural. 

GRAFCAV2612. SAN SEBASTIÁN, 10/09/2025.-Inciddentes este miércoles en la Universidad del País Vasco (EHU) durante la inauguración del curso 2025-2026, con 35.126 repartidos en 106 grados, con un acto solemne presidido por el lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, y el rector, Joxerramon Bengoetxea. EFE/Juan Herrero
2025/09/10 - 12:56

UPV's opening ceremony in San Sebastian has had to be postponed because of the screams of students protesting against the genocide in Israel

Protesters call for a boycott of Israel and accuse the Basque Government and the UPV of being "accomplices to the genocide." On the arrival of lehendakari Pradales there have been cries and even moments of tension, so the start of the event has been delayed by a few minutes. Representatives of the institutions and the university that attended the event have been silent waiting for the end of the screams.

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