of boycotting israel . haifa technion institute of technology, 2016. the israel institute of technology, technion , is a university located in haifa on the shores of the mediterranean sea. technion is the zionist university of technology, which is famous in aerospace technology and engineering sciences. the military weapons that fell on the palestinian people were the result of this university's research. january 2016 168 professors. researchers from italian universities boycotted technion and a number of israeli academic institutions, and it was announced that they would no longer have scientific exchanges with this university. the scientific boycott of israel was first activated in april 2004 as part of the boycott movement. the academic boycott was launched by a number of elite palestinian students in ramallah. to invite them forums academic. and students from countries such as england, australia and italy and the irish teachers' union joined the scientific boycotters of israel. expansion of the boycott movement, lack of investment and boycott of isr