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UK proposes joint academic seminar
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Published: 10.06.07, 19:47
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1. Mr. Rammel, call for revoking any boycott consideration.
Suncountry ,   U.S.   (06.10.07)
Mr. Rammel says nothing about urging the passive union members to demand that the endless upcoming anti-israel road show be prevented, either by a re-vote (with the passive ones actually showing up for the vote) or some other means. They need to stand up to the tiny minority initiating all of this. Even with no actual boycott, these events will create hostile environments for Jewish students on U.K. campuses. I wouldn't want even non-Jewish exchange students exposed to it. It's sick.
2. British academic boycot
I. Barr MD ,   Michigan, USA   (06.10.07)
British boycott of Israeli academics and institution started in Israel when a group of radical Israeli teachers such as Ilan Pappe, Reinhart (died recently), Gordon and others went to UK with their "new history" of Israel and "post Zionism" theories. British Arabist teachers welcomed the Israeli Jewish dissidents. Any type of accusation of Israel was raised between ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, war crimes by Israel, Apartheid and alike. While they used overt falsehoods, misrepresentations, they never looked into the behavior of the Palestinians. Did they do anything wrong? Reinhart in her book does not mention Palestinian suicide bombing. The captive audience in UK did not bother to discuss the issues with those who oppose the radical left Israeli academia, rather they supported the dissidents with money and goodies to pursue the destruction of Israel from within. To resolve the boycott of the British academics, architects, journalists, trade unions and physicians Israel has to deal with the radicals in Israel who do not seek to solve the conflict but make personal gains on the plight of Israeli civilians. They have to be fair, balanced, responsible, accurate and open themselves to criticism. This is what free speech is all about. Israel has to clean house first. See Israel-academia-monitor.com.
3. Pal research on throat cutting is cutting edge technology
Alan ,   SA   (06.10.07)
4. Two-faced hypocrites...!
enzo ,   london,uk   (06.10.07)
"A powerful group of prominent British architects have demanded that apartheid Israel’s architects and planners ‘end their indifference and blindness to the political implications of their professional work and ethics’. In a petition presented to the Israeli Association of Architects (IAUA) leading names in British architecture, including RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) president Jack Pringle and celebrated architects Will Alsop and Terry Farrell accused their Israeli counterparts of complicity in the social, political and economic oppression of Palestinians through their contributions to the design and construction of Israeli settlements and the Apartheid wall..."
5. The Palestinian's have academics?!
Joe ,   Ohio, USA   (06.11.07)
What are they gonna talk to us about? Tunnel building, Sewage tsunami surfing, or maybe just the most advanced methods of circumcising your daughters!?
6. Anti-Israel Boycott????
Eve ,   USA   (06.11.07)
The British need to stop using all the technology that was developed in Israel such as most of Windows operating systems, the Pentium 4 chips and the Centrum processor we developed in Israel. Many medical inovation that are being used worldwide were developed in Israel. And voicemail technology was developed in Israel as well as the latest cell mphone technology was developed by Israel scientists. Flash memory, AOL IM systems, security systems and so much more. So the Brits should throw away their computers and cell phone and stop using voicemail and flash memory and all the Israeli developed medical developments that benefit the world including the PA. .
7. 6Eve The Brits are too dumb to know this.Brits do love Humus
Alan ,   SA   (06.11.07)
8. Nice proposition
charles ,   petach tikva   (06.12.07)
Why not , Israel could send some kindergarten teachers [ ganenet ] to learn all those brits something .
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