King's College London: Drop your partnership with Technion

As we look to rebuild after the coronavirus pandemic, we should aim to create a world based on solidarity, justice and respect for human rights. King’s College London must play their part in this by ending their partnership with Technion – Israel Institute of Techology, which is directly complicit in grave violations of Palestinian human rights.

Technion are intimately linked with the Israeli military. They have played a key role in developing technology and equipment used to oppress the Palestinian population. For example, Technion developed the remote controlled D-9 bulldozer which was used by the Israeli military during Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s 2009 ground invasion of Gaza, which killed 1,400 Palestinians, the vast majority of which were civilians. These bulldozers are now routinely used to demolish Palestinian homes, factories, agricultural land and civilian infrastructure, including water pipes and networks on Palestinian territory assigned by the UN.

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Dear Professor Edward Byrne, 
As we look to rebuild after the coronavirus pandemic, we should aim to create a world based on solidarity, justice and respect for human rights. King’s College London must play their part in this by listening to their students, who are calling on KCL to end their partnership with Technion – Israel Institute of Techology, which is directly complicit in grave violations of Palestinian human rights. 
Technion is intimately linked with the Israeli military, playing a a key role in developing technology and equipment used to oppress the Palestinian population. For example, Technion developed the remote controlled D-9 bulldozer which was used by the Israeli military during Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s 2009 ground invasion of Gaza, which killed 1,400 Palestinians, <a href="https://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/12session/A-HRC-12-48.pdf">the vast majority of which were civilians</a>. These bulldozers are now routinely used to <a href="https://waronwant.org/sites/default/files/Caterpillar%20-%20The%20Alternative%20Report.pdf">demolish Palestinian homes</a>, factories, agricultural land and civilian infrastructure, including water pipes and networks on Palestinian territory assigned by the UN.
Further, Technion also maintains strong partnerships with multiple arms companies such as <a href="https://www.technion.ac.il/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/INDUSTRY-GUIDE-TO-TECHNION_L.pdf">Elbit Systems and Rafael.</a> Elbit Systems is Israel’s largest private arms company, and manufactures and supplies the Israeli military with drones, used regularly in attacks on Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It was recently revealed that Elbit drone Hermes 450 was part of an <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-used-drone-to-kill-4-children-playing-on-gaza-beach-in-2014-1.6365860">attack</a> in 2014 in which four Palestinian children were killed on a beach in the Gaza Strip while playing football. This attack was part of Israel’s 2014  aerial bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza, which killed over 2,200 Palestinians, nearly a quarter of them children. <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/CoIGazaConflict/Pages/ReportCoIGaza.aspx">The United Nations independent commission of inquiry</a> into the war found credible allegations that Israel had committed war crimes in its intentional targeting of civilian infrastructure.
Technion is structurally entwined with Israel’s system of military domination of the Palestinian people, acting as the research and development wing of the Israeli military. Along with the its role in the development of repressive technologies listed above, Technion has also designed an acoustic system that blasts sound so loud it is unbearable to humans for distances up to 100 metres. This technology is mainly <a href="https://whoprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/old/weapons_report-8.pdf">deployed to suppress peaceful civilian demonstrations</a> in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Your partnership with Technion gives legitimacy to their programme of military research. It is of the upmost importance this link is immediately severed.

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