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Columbia president condemns boycott
Yaakov Lappin
Published: 17.06.07, 22:55
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1. President Lee Bollinger is GREAT man. thanks !!!
(06.17.07)
2. Canada, say "heelo" to Hamas. Quebeq is the next Gaza!
The Doc ,   Haifa, Israel   (06.17.07)
What a great story! Quebec wants "independence" from Canada due to its Francophone majority. I did not know that Francophone equates with Hamas, Islam and Arabic! Maybe it does if we're looking at the lasting pro-Arab stance of the French and the imbecile Socialist Canadian government. Good work Quebecoise! Just don't cram the passages to Israel to ask to move to the West Bank heaven - or God forbid, to Israel! Ooops! The Atlas tells me that Canada borders the US! Man, judging by that Hamas flag I could have sworn that Quebec is right here - in the MIddle East! Subtle, very subtle!
3. lee bollinger
(06.18.07)
remember this is the same man who defended anti-Israel professors at his university a few years ago. Its good to see that he is a man with principles and not just a partisan of one side.
4. Quebec Sovereignist never learn
Andrew ,   Dartmouth, NS   (06.18.07)
The odds that Quebec solidarie that would win a election in Quebec is like the NDP getting a set in Quebec it will never happen. Quebec Sovereignist think that Quebec is a Occupied territory in fact that it a province of Canada. If Quebec Sovereignist ever act like Hamas or Hezbollah the Canadian government would come down on them hard remember the FLQ crsis that how the government will responded
5. #2--- The "Doc"
Edwin ,   Canada   (06.18.07)
Hay, I was with you until you started calling the Harper Government the "imbecile Socialist Canadian government". You then lost all credibility!
6. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3413685,00.html
Gh-Reza Amouzadeh ,   Toronto-Canada   (06.18.07)
It is wonderful and excellent that Columbia University getting that position.It means The elite group of USA are showing more activity against what that is arranged by Britain against Israel.Meanwhile Amir Khadir is A Muslim,Tudeh communist party and khomeyny's regime supporter as well.
7. What's this from Quebec???
Arnauld France ,   Tours, France   (06.18.07)
Hey get this... the government in Quebec that introduced the infamous bill 101 which forbid English in schools, on street signs and restaurant menus etc.. and which forced many hundreds of thousands of Anglophiles to leave Quebec is calling ISRAEL apartheid???!!! Goodness... talk about throwing stones from glass houses. What crass hypocrites!
8. i dont care if you boycott the british
rashid ,   palistinian   (06.18.07)
believe me i dont intend to study in the colombo university i got all my truth in my kuraan just as soon as i can get into the safety of israil inshalla
9. Hypocrisy of these French settlers
Frank ,   Canada   (06.18.07)
How funny are these French settlers from Quebec who stole Indian lands and are still occupying them. These guys must give their land back to their legitimate Indian owners and the Arab settlers must do the same in Gaza and Judea-Samaria. BTW, for the the third time during the last two weeks, Jewish properties were torched in Quebec, these guys are also responsible for that.
10. BERKELEY, TOO!!!!!!
California Bear ,   Berkeley, USA   (06.18.07)
With all the anti-Israel lunacy I see on my campus each day, I was ecstatic when my university chancellor, Robert Birgineau, issued the following statement which I believe is more significant than Columbia given the University of California, Berkeley's international notoriety: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/06/14_israel.shtml
11. Bollinger brown-nosing to save his job
Nancy ,   NYC   (06.18.07)
America is an occupied land. Dershowitz and human rights cannot be uttered in the same paragraph.
12. To number 11
Allan ,   London, England   (06.18.07)
America is occupied by who??? Why not say what you think...
13. who cares what secessionist losers think
Steve   (06.18.07)
How long have the Quebequois been trying to become the People's Republic of Losers? 40 years? Screw them, they are trash.
14. #8 Rashid
Richard   (06.18.07)
So you don't need any education... You get all you need to know from the "Kuraan". But doesn't your book tell you not to steal, Rashid? What were you doing looting all those government offices in Gaza and taking home their computers and everything including the kitchen sink? Isn't honesty one of the teachings in your book?
15. thats the french for you!
sam   (06.18.07)
16. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY RULES!
DEBRA ,   USA   (06.18.07)
A SCHOOL WITH GUTS AND BRAINS.
17. The Doc
JB ,   Canada   (06.18.07)
Hey Doc! Get your facts straight, you a-hole Canada has a conservative government which is the most-pro Israel in a long time. Quebec which is a province is not. Nor is the Parti-Quebecois which supports separation in power in Quebec. Furthermore, many in Quebec do not look kindly upon the actions of their Muslim residents. If you want to sound credible, rather than a raving lunatic check your facts first
18. Some facts on the Canadian immigration madness
Glenn ,   Canada   (06.18.07)
- Former PM Trudeau made changes to Canadian immigration so that preference were given to immigrants of the Third World and not the traditional European countries. - Since then the demographics of Canada have changed so much that non-Europeans and their descendants constitute the majority. - The thinking goes like this: Whites are not reproducing enough and somebody needs to pay the bills for the retirees. So we import new people. But as these new Canadians reach retirement age, more immigrants are needed to pay their bills. And so it goes, year after year. - A great number of immigrants are coming from Muslim countries. Many of them are making their home in Toronto, Vancouver, and particularly, the French province of Quebec. - There have been many anti-Jewish acts in Canada in the last few years, with two incidents of arson in a Qiebec Hasidic community in the past few weeks. - This was a peaceful country. It was not always friendly to Jews, but at least, they did not fear for their lives. Times have changed and nobody can stop this demographic tide now. We have a Conservative government, but they could never do anything that would affect the new majority. Immigrants will continue to come, most of them great people, but the young are being seduced by the most radical factions of Islam.
19. Bollinger's statement on UK Boycott
CS ,   Lathrup Village/USA   (06.18.07)
Bollinger long ago lost all credibility in regards to Israel, anti-Semitism, Islamofascists, etc. This isn't coming from him.There must have been some kind of pressure for him to think even of this. Do not trust him. He's a snake in the grass.
20. Nancy 11
Shai ,   Israel   (06.18.07)
You can't handle the Troof, sistah.
21. Why Bollinger didn't curb anti-semitic actvities at CU
CK Tan ,   Singapore, Singapore   (06.18.07)
all this while but is publicly standing with Israel now? Very suspicious. Clear up your own house first to show you are at least sincere where it matters.
22. Glenn, 18#, excellent summation
Judah ,   Golan Heights,ISRAEL   (06.18.07)
23. i am pro-palestine but also pro-knowledge
muslim   (06.18.07)
boycotting univerisities can never be the way to sort out the problem. i am gainst the boycott, and i admire many jewish scholars (especially economists)...
24. "apartheid" BLEGHHH
John ,   Amsterdam, Holland   (06.18.07)
SOOOO simple-minded and DUMB and DUMB and simple-minded. They should study history for once. They people are so busy with their leftwing idea's which they will not give up even if they would find the truth... that's; stop wearing goat-socks.. they smell.. (A)
25. JEEJ this is a very nice gesture!
John ,   Amsterdam, Holland   (06.18.07)
26. Quebec is the most backward, uneducated province of Canada.
Tahl ,   Israel   (06.19.07)
And that nitwit who comments here, "C'est Moi", is a fine example. No surprise antisemitism is most rampant over there.
27. to #7 Arnault
Ezra ,   Montreal   (06.19.07)
1/ Bill 101 doesn't forbid the use of english but rather does enforce the use of french. That is a big difference which does allow my kids to study in english and myself to work in english. 2/ The government of Quebec is presently not independantist but liberal. Just to rectify your mistakes...
28. to the Doc #2
Ezra ,   Montreal   (06.19.07)
Actually our "socialist" government is conservative and was the first in the whole word to side with Israel during the second Lebanon war. Did you get your PhD in historical accuracy with llan Pappe ?
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