Images of hostages held by Hamas are projected on the outer wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. Photograph: Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times A group of Irish university staff have written to The Irish Times distancing themselves from a letter written by fellow academics calling for a boycott of Israeli universities, and expressed disappointment that the latter group’s letter did not call for the release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The letter, published in The Irish Times on Tuesday, also criticised a perceived use of “perfunctory language” by their fellow academics in describing the October...