Five Partnerships
Zero Accountability
The University of Konstanz maintains active partnerships with five Israeli universities through Erasmus+ exchanges, research cooperation, and institutional agreements.
Students, lecturers and staff move between Konstanz and these institutions – funded with public money, under official university agreements.
All five partner universities train active military personnel, conduct weapons research, and maintain institutional ties with the Israeli arms industry. One operates on illegally occupied land. One had a partnership frozen by a Dutch university in June 2025 for exactly these reasons.
Despite growing international scrutiny of such partnerships, the University of Konstanz has never publicly reviewed these relationships.
Five demands to end complicity
Universities across Europe have begun reviewing their partnerships with Israeli institutions. Several European universities have suspended, restricted, or reconsidered partnerships after investigations into military cooperation and human-rights concerns.
Full public
disclosure
of all active agreements, exchange programmes, and joint research projects with Israeli universities.
An independent
review
of each partnership against documented evidence of each institution’s military entanglement.
Immediate
suspension
of new agreements and exchange funding pending the outcome of that review.
A university
senate vote
on the university’s responsibilities regarding institutions that conduct military weapons research.
A binding
civil clause
committing the University of Konstanz to exclusively peaceful and civilian purposes in research, teaching, and cooperation.
Universities across Europe have begun reviewing their partnerships with Israeli institutions. Several European universities have suspended, restricted, or reconsidered partnerships after investigations into military cooperation and human-rights concerns.
University of Geneva // University of Amsterdam // Erasmus University Rotterdam // Trinity College Dublin // Universities of Barcelona // and many more
PARTNER SINCE 1987
Tel Aviv University
Dahiya Doctrine. A TAU Institute developed this military doctrine advocating disproportionate targeting of civilian infrastructure – adopted by the IDF and deployed in Gaza. +972 Magazine
IDF Air Force research centre. Joint facility developing operational combat doctrines and “power-building processes.” Jerusalem Post
Military Advocate General. TAU’s law faculty trains lawyers who provide legal justification for targeted killings. The Intercept
Drone swarms. TAU Ventures invested in Xtend, which supplies drone swarm systems deployed in Gaza. BDS Movement
Built on Al-Shaykh Muwannis. A Palestinian village destroyed during the Nakba, 1948. The last remaining building is TAU’s faculty club. BDS Movement
Erasmus+ KA171 Partner
University of Haifa
Israeli Military Academic Complex. Haifa hosts three military colleges which the university describes as “the backbone of the IDF’s elite training programs.” University of Haifa
Glilot intelligence base. The university holds courses at this active IDF facility, as a campus extension. Jerusalem Post
EUR froze this partnership in June 2025, citing IDF ties and human rights risk. Konstanz has not. Erasmus Univ. Rotterdam
Silenced historians. Revoked Teddy Katz’s degree for documenting the 1948 Tantura massacre. Expelled Ilan Pappé for supporting boycott. Haaretz / Times of Israel
Erasmus+ KA171 Partner
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Talpiot programme. The Israeli Defense Ministry pays ₪32 million/year to Hebrew University to train soldiers in weapons research and development. +972 Magazine
Havatzalot intelligence programme operates on campus, training future IDF intelligence officers while they study. Haaretz
Occupied land. The Mount Scopus campus is partly built on illegally occupied territory in East Jerusalem. Critical Legal Thinking
Campus to IDF forces. University buildings were provided for operations against Palestinian communities in East Jerusalem. BDS Movement
Gaza bonus packages for student soldiers – financial and academic support for those actively serving in Gaza. BDS Movement
Erasmus+ KA171 Partner
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Homeland Security Institute. Officially partnered with Israel’s top weapons companies and the Ministry of Defense. BDS Movement
Military tech campus being built adjacent to BGU. A brigadier general at the opening: it will “reinforce the army’s operational capabilities.” BDS Movement
Fighter pilot degree programme. One of the most direct fusions of combat training and academic study at any Israeli university. +972 Magazine
Konstanz co-publishes with BGU through an Erasmus+ KA2 linguistics consortium – meaning the research ties run deeper than student exchange. Uni Konstanz / Erasmus+
What you can do
These partnerships are not abstract. They are agreements approved, funded, and maintained by the University of Konstanz. That means they can also be questioned, challenged, and changed.
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