A report published last week by Israel's Association of University Heads (VERA) documents a 150% rise in efforts to exclude Israeli institutions from Horizon Europe, the European Union's (EU) flagship research program.More than 1,100 boycott complaints were recorded in six months alone. The authors warn that the damage may become irreversible without intervention.The figures confirm what many of us have been experiencing quietly for almost three years. This is not simply pressure on Israeli