Germany intends to cut funding for academics who support pro-Palestine student protests

WORLD, June 12 (YPA) – Germany’s Federal Education and Research Ministry has launched an investigation against academics backing students protesting Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza, Anadolu Agency reported.

More than 100 Germany-based academics had signed an open letter protesting the authorities’ response towards pro-Palestinian student protesters during a demonstration at the Free University of Berlin on 7 May.

According to North German Broadcasting, the Ministry is investigating whether the financial support provided to academics should be cut off over their support for the student protesters.

For his part, Clemens Arzt, a retired professor of constitutional and administrative law, described the ministry’s request as an “attempt to interfere with freedom of expression.

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