This information shows how TU Delft is complicit in the ongoing genocide, what we can do about it, and how we can bring about meaningful change together. We invite you to come and discuss the information presented at our follow-up event on the 22nd of May.
Key Literature
In the information package, we included a copy of Towers of Ivory and Steel by Maya Wind. While we cannot provide a download for this great resource, we can offer a very strong recommendation and a quick summary of highlights that will show why it is important that you read it.
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Summary [S]
108 Years of Documented Oppression [B]
[B1] Amit, Ex libris; Tom Segev, “Did the National Library steal books or save them” [in Hebrew], Ha’aretz, January 29, 2015.
[B2] Wind, M. (2024). Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. Verso Books.
[B3] Clennett, B., & Louallen, D. (2025, March 7). Israeli raid of famous Palestinian bookstore stokes censorship fears. ABC News.
[B4] Glass, C. (2018, May 17). As Gaza Sinks Into Desperation, A New Book Makes the Case Against Israeli Brutality. The Intercept.
[B5] Ilan Pappe: New book argues that Israel displaced a million Palestinians at founding. (2006, October 1). History News Network.
[B6] I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti: 9781400032662 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books. (2003, May 13). PenguinRandomhouse.com.
[B7] Thrope, S. (2016, August 17). Occupation 101: An insider’s view of the complexity of Palestinian resistance - Books. Haaretz.com.
[B8] Palestinian walks. (z.d.). Book By Raja Shehadeh | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster.
[B9] All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated. (z.d.). IPS Store.
[B10] The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said: 9780679739883 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books. (1992, April 7). PenguinRandomhouse.com.
[B11] Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History by Nur Masahla, Nur Masalha. (z.d.). Pic.
[B12] Erakat, N. (2019). Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine.
[B13-B24] Book Covers
[B25] Manning, S. (2020). Those Holy fields: Palestine. Pg. 155. BoD – Books on Demand.
[B26] http://www.delft-student-intifada.org
International Law [I]
[I1] OHCHR | Call for input for the report of the Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory to the Human Rights Council 58th session, deadline 30 November 2024. (2024). OHCHR.
[I2] Hajare Elkhaldi. (2025, March 19). Israel’s March 18 Massacre is Just the Largest of Almost 1000 Ceasefire Violations, UN Official Says. Morocco World News.
[I3] AJLabs. (2025, March 18). Israel strikes Gaza, breaking ceasefire: Live tracker. Al Jazeera.
[I4] Burke, J. (2025, March 19). Israel launches “limited ground operation” to retake Netzarim corridor in Gaza. The Guardian; The Guardian.
[I5] Application instituting proceedings and request for the indication of provisional measures (No. 192-20231228-APP-01-00-EN). (2023).
[I6] Peat, J. (2024, January 18). BBC responds to criticism over its reporting of Israel genocide case at ICJ. The London Economic.
[I7] Why South Africa feels a deep connection to the Palestinian cause amid Gaza war. (n.d.). Arab News Japan.
[I8] Fayyad, H. (2020, February 11). Nelson Mandela and Palestine: In his own words. Middle East Eye.
[I9] The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. (2022, December 21). Uprooted.
[I10] Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid. (2023, February 13). What are international crimes? International Crimes | Public Prosecution Service.
[I11] United Nations. (1948, December 9). Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. United Nations.
[I12] Nederlandse kennisinstellingen bevriezen samenwerkingsverbanden met Rusland en Belarus. (2022, March 4). In Dutch
[I13] Independent rights experts urge States to comply with ICJ ruling on Israel | UN News. (2024, July 30).
[I14] International Court of Justice [ICJ]. (2024). Summary of the Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024 (No. 186-20240719-SUM-01-00-EN).
[I15] Amnesty International. (2024, December 5). Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide
[I16] H.K. (2025). The Systematic Destruction of Gaza’s Healthcare System: A Pattern of Genocide. Al-Haq.
[I17] Israel’s crime of extermination, Acts of genocide in Gaza. (2024, December 19). Human Rights Watch.
[I18] International Federation for Human Rights [FIDH]. (2023, December 12). The unfolding genocide against the Palestinians must stop immediately [Press release].
[I19] United Nations. (2024, October 31). 'It is important to call a genocide a genocide,’ Consider suspending Israel’s credential as UN member state, experts tell Palestinian Rights Committee [Press release].
[I20] Médecins Sans Frontières [MSF]. (2024, December 19). Gaza Death Trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction [Press release]. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International.
[I21] The International Federation for Human Rights [FIDH]. (2023). Resolution on Israel’s unfolding crime of genocide and other crimes in Gaza and against the Palestinian people.
[I22] UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices. (2024, November 14). UN special committee finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war [Press release].
[I23] Human Rights Council [HRC]. (2025). “More Than a Human Can Bear”: Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since 7 October 2023 (A/HRC/58/CRP.6).
[I24] Amnesty International. (2022). Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel system of domination and crime against humanity.
[I25] Shakir, O. (2021). A threshold crossed. Human Rights Watch.
536 Days of Genocide [F]
[F1] Israel kills dozens of academics, destroys every university in the Gaza Strip. (2024, January 20). Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
[F2] Children are direct victims of genocide in the Gaza Strip, PCHR confirms. (2024, December 31). Palestinian Centre For Human Rights.
[F3] Palestinian Ministry of Education & Higher Education
[F4] Palestinian Education Under Attack in Gaza: Restoration, Recovery, Rights and Responsibilities in and through Education. (2024). University of Cambridge.
[F5] Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. PCBS. Retrieved January 30, 2025, from https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/default.aspx
[F6] The ceasefire in Gaza brings hope, but immense challenges lie ahead to restore the health system. (2025, January 19). World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean.
[F7] World Health Organization [WHO]. (2025). oPt Emergency Situation Update: 7 Oct 2023 - 8 Jan 2025. Situation report issue 53
[F8] ‘Hospitals have become battlegrounds’: Gaza’s health system on brink of collapse. (2025, January 6). UN News.
[F9] Al Jazeera English. (2025, March 22). Israel blows up Gaza’s only specialised cancer hospital in massive blast. Al Jazeera.
[F10] Palestinian Journalists Syndicate. https://pjs.ps/en/index.html
[F11] Jamaluddine, Z., Abukmail, H., Aly, S., Campbell, O. M. R., & Checchi, F. (2025). Traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip from Oct 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024: a capture–recapture analysis. The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(24)02678-3
[F12] Khatib, R., McKee, M., & Yusuf, S. (2024). Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential. The Lancet, 404(10449), 237–238. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(24)01169-3
[F13] Destruction of homes leaves Palestinians unable to safely return to Rafah. (2025, January 28). Doctors Without Borders - USA.
[F14] WHO. (2025, January 19). The ceasefire in Gaza brings hope, but immense challenges lie ahead to restore the health system. World Health Organization - Regional Office For The Eastern Mediterranean.
[F15] Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question. (n.d.). Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question – palquest. https://www.palquest.org/
[F16] Amnesty International. (2009). Israel/Gaza: Operation ‘Cast Lead’ - 22 days of death and destruction: Facts and Figures [Report].
[F17] Amnesty International UK. (2015, January 13). Gaza: Operation Protective Edge.
[F18] Al-Haq. (2019, March 30). Al-Haq Reaffirms Rights-Based Root Causes of Great Return March at its One-Year Commemoration in the Gaza Strip.
[F19] Humanitarian Situation Update #270 | West Bank. (2025, March 6). United Nations Office For The Coordination Of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory.
[F20] Interpreted satellite data.
[F21] Solmaz, K. (2023, December 15). Official Israeli data exposes lies about ‘murder’ of babies by Hamas. Official Israeli Data Exposes Lies About ‘Murder’ of Babies by Hamas.
[F22] Jazeera, A. (2025, January 27). Why are there so many Palestinian children in Israeli prisons? Al Jazeera.
[F23] Finkelstein, N. (2021). Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom. Univ of California Press.
[F24] The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2025, February 11). Balfour Declaration | Palestine, Rothschild, History, Significance, & Impact. Encyclopedia Britannica.
[F25] Gaza: Israel’s ‘Open-Air prison’ at 15. (2023, October 11). Human Rights Watch.
[F26] Avi Shlaim: Scholasticide in Gaza. (2025, March 26). Jewish Voice for Labour.
PACBI [P]
[P1] Wind, M. (2024). Students Under Siege. In Towers of ivory and steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. Verso Books.
[P2] BDS Movement. ((n.d.). WHAT IS BDS?
[P3] BDS Movement. (n.d.). ISRAELI SETTLER COLONIALISM AND APARTHEID.
[P4] BDS Movement. (n.d.). ACADEMIC BOYCOTT.
TU Delft Complicity Map [M]
[M1] Yacobi, H. (2015). Academic Fortress: The Case of Hebrew University on mount scopus, Jerusalem. In Global Universities and Urban Development: Case Studies and Analysis (pp. 257-272). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315704043-23
[M2] Wind, M. (2024). Outpost Campus. Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. Verso Books.
[M3] In solidarity with the residents of Issawiyah. (2021, May 25). Academia for Equality.
[M4] The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (n.d.). University providing support.
[M5] The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (2023, November 21). Enhanced financial package for our students serving in the IDF.
[M6] IAAC—Israeli Association for Automatic Control. https://iaac.technion.ac.il/membercs.html
[M7] Faculty of Electrical And Computer Engineering - Technion. (2025, April 2). Our partners - Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Technion.
[M8] Lee, S. (2017, March 9). Top Israeli university marketing country’s arms industry to the world. +972 Magazine.
[M9] European Coordinations and Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP). Beyond dual use: Israeli universities’ role in the military-security-industrial complex.
[M10] Archive. Technion University Website. “Remote Control” In the Service of the IDF Technion Experts Develop Remote Control For Driverless D-9 Bulldozer and Hummer Jeep. 2003.
[M11] Al-Haq, & Darcy, S. (2011). Israel’s punitive house demolition policy: Collective punishment in violation of international law.
[M12] Archive. Technion University Website.
[M13] Investigate AFSC.
[M14] WhoProfits: HP.
[M15] BDS Movement. ((n.d.). BOYCOTT HP.
[M16] Schuster, R., & David, A. (2021, March 16). Israel finds new Dead Sea Scrolls, first such discovery in 60 years. Haaretz.
[M17] The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954).
[M18] Wind, M. (2024). Expertise of Subjugation. Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. Verso Books.
[M19] Perez, G. (2023, December 4). Update and adjustments for students following the ‘Iron Swords’ war. Rehovot, Central District; Herzl St.
[M20] Tel Aviv University [TAU]. (2022b, January 5). For the 1st Time at an Israeli University: Air and Space Power Center [Newsletter]. Tel Aviv University.
[M21] Institute of middle east studies [IMEU]. (2024, July 31). Explainer: The Dahiya doctrine & Israel’s use of Disproportionate Force.
[M22] TAU Ventures. (2024, April). XTEND, our portfolio company is one of the 10 most promising startups for 2024 by Globes. LindkdIn.
[M23] Gilad, A. (2024). Promising Startups 2024: XTEND | Operating system for hovercraft and communication between robots. Globes. In Hebrew
[M24] Tel Aviv University [TAU]. (2023, December 3). First academic course on the Current War launched at TAU for international students. TAU International. https://international.tau.ac.il/war-course
[M25] Archived Tel Aviv University: Stand with Lone Soldiers on the Front Lines: Donate to Send Care
TU Delft Complicity Map Addition: EU Horizon Ties
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Complicity Map – FAQ [Q]
[Q1] Al Jazeera English. (2024, April 4). ‘AI-assisted genocide’: Israel reportedly used database for Gaza kill lists. Al Jazeera.
[Q2] http://www.delft-student-intifada.org
Collective Action [A]
[A1] De Nederlandse Universiteiten. (2024, June 4). Universiteiten: ‘Wij willen Israëlische wetenschappers niet isoleren.’ Trouw.
[A2] FNV. (2024, July 25). Maatschappelijk verantwoord pensioenbeleggen en Palestina.
[A3] Hoekstra, T. (2024, August 6). Calls for pension funds to sell investments linked to West Bank settlements. IPE.
[A4] Universiteit van Amsterdam. (2024, December 6). Strikes FNV at the UvA.