Sir, – It is extraordinary that between 50 and 75 TCD students out of the approximate 19,000 attending the college, camping on a lawn, acting out and modelling Chinese manufactured keffiyehs, are being taken seriously. This would include boycotting Wix, an Israeli software company which employs 500 staff in its Dublin base, ie it provides 500 jobs in Ireland. On the academic side, TCD has partnerships with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan. Both universities represent a microcosm of Israeli society, teaching students from all religions and backgrounds, Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Druze, Arab, etc. The partnerships involve TCD’s Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies and the School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies.

Source: The Irish Times May 08, 2024 14:41 UTC