Ben Deighton
Double standards in the way the international science community deals with Israel compared to Russia is leading to a mistrust in the global science system by Arab researchers, according to the head of Lebanon’s main science policy body.
While Russian scientists have been barred from international science collaborations as a consequence of the war in Ukraine, the same thing has not happened to Israeli scientists despite the country’s ongoing offensive against neighbouring Lebanon and Gaza.
“As scientists, not only citizens, when we see that you have these double standards when dealing with Russians and not with Israelis, for us … it is a problem of mistrust in this international system, and mistrust in the international scientific system,” said Tamara Elzein, secretary general of the National Council for Scientific Research of Lebanon.“What this system is advocating, like freedom [for] researchers, freedom of speech, human rights, we think now these are empty slogans.”
Tamara Elzein, secretary general, National Council for Scientific Research of Lebanon
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