Israel cancels release, charges astrophysicist
Global outcry
During last week’s appeal, Boulos submitted a petition signed by academics from all over the world urging Barghouthi’s release.
Another letter delivered to the Israeli prime minister’s office was signed by more than 350 international scholars, many at the top of mathematics and science fields.
Among the prominent signatories are David Mumford, winner of the 1974 Fields Medal, often called the Nobel Prize of mathematics; leading physicist Freeman Dyson of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and Chandler Davis, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Toronto.
Other academic signatories include Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler and Angela Davis.
This is the second time occupation forces have detained Barghouthi after he criticized Israel online.
In December 2014, Barghouthi was arrested for comments he made on Facebook and on television.
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