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Israeli lecturer endorses international boycott of state
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 22.08.09, 21:41
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61. Fire him and others like him!
jason white ,   afula,israel   (08.23.09)
Put them in prison for 10 years for incitement. Or better yet for life for treason. Make sure these filthy people never communicate with the outside world or their families. On the other hand they could be elected president of Israel,it happened before.
62. Its called "free speech"
jerusalem   (08.23.09)
get used to it. after all, this is a "democratic" country. he is certainly not the first. just go on ahead, get it over with and call him anti-semitic or jew hater or something
63. Let me give you a perfect example...
Larry G. ,   Hamilton, Canada   (08.23.09)
Of the sort of thinking this Dr. Gordon represents. My father is a physician and he says that this type of idiotic thinking is part and parcel of a spoiled generation who have not lived with the consequences of unchecked anti-Semitism. My father explains a perfect example is that he lived through a time where inoculations against childhood diseases were nonexistent. He saw first hand the ravages that these diseases took, he even lost friends to the German measles or better now known as rubella. My father is appalled and disgusted at these young parents who are now opting out of vaccinating their children! These parents grew up not knowing the consequences of unchecked childhood diseases thanks to mass inoculation programs. But just because one generation got vaccinated from these diseases doesn't mean rubella, mumps, chickenpox, etc. are conquered! You still need to inoculate the next generation otherwise these diseases will pop up and grow rampant once again! And the proof is that many non-vaccinated children are now contracting these once preventable diseases. Some of these new strains have now become worse than those of the 1930's and 1940's family of diseases! The same goes for unchecked anti-Semitism, this Dr. Gordon hasn't lived long enough to experience a time before Israel was created and unchecked anti-Semitism was lethal from European pogroms all the way to The Holocaust! This Dr. Gordon is an idiot who hasn't vaccinated himself from anti-Semites, he has been led to believe that Jews are the cause of hatred towards them. So he tries to identify with the lies of the anti-Semites and he believes if we impose a worldwide mass boycott on Israel somehow this will make things better! As a result, just like those parents that have refused to inoculate their children against preventable childhood diseases, now their children are contracting and are even dying from these diseases! The same goes for Dr. Gordon, by not inoculating himself from virulent anti-Semitism and being self-deluded that hatred of Israel is the fault of the Jews. He and people like him have allowed a new wave of unchecked anti-Semitism to fester and as a result, it's growing in strength! As a direct consequence, unchecked anti-Semitism is going to result in a new wave of massive deaths of Jews, including another Arab/Islamic war to try to destroy Israel all because of damn Jews like Dr. Gordon who have chosen not to inoculate themselves against the lies and propaganda of the new form of anti-Semitism! Grow the hell up Dr. Gordon, anti-Semitism has never left us and Jew haters have always blamed the Jews for the problem(s), if only Jews would...STOP IT right now! Inoculate yourself doctor, anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism and anti-Israel movements are not the fault of Jews! So wake the hell up and stop playing the victim! There's nothing Jews can ever do to stop the anti-Semites from hating them, only short of mass suicide will end all forms of Jew hatred! If you want to slit your throat or wrists go right ahead, I'm not stopping you but I want to live--so screw you!!!!
64. Professors are crazy people! He proves it!
Daniel ,   Israel   (08.23.09)
They try to prove their points by reverse theories that only they can understand!
65. Find him and give him a field trial for sedition
Jeremy ,   Boston   (08.23.09)
It shouldn't be that hard, it's a small country.
66. More than a dozen staff
Robert Haymond ,   Ashdod, Israel   (08.23.09)
members besides Neve Gordon profiled at Ben Gurion University on isracampus.org.il identified as consistent Israel bashers. The president (then) upheld the professors' rights to critique Israel. No sense of balance invoked as one might expect at a liberal institution. Even more than his counterpart and patron, David Newman (also at BGU), no one is profiled as often as Neve Gordon. Read what he said and did while a visiting professor at University of Michigan. And the state which he desoises pays Neve Gordon's salary.
67. #57..IT'S THE ACADEMIC WHO DID THE SLANDERING !
ABRAHAM ben JACOB ,   CANADA   (08.23.09)
GORDON IS THE ANTI-ISRAEL SLANDERER HERE AND THE YNET TALK BACKS ARE FROM PEOPLE EXPRESSING THEIR OWN VIEWS AND OPINIONS. "ACADEMICS" SHOULD NOT SLANDER OTHERS OR SLANDER A WHOLE COUNTRY IN " PRINT " WITHOUT KNOWING OF POSSIBLE REPURCUSSIONS FOR ALL CONCERNED. SCHOLARS CANNOT HIDE BEHIND THE WALLS OF ACADEMIA AND FEEL THAT THEY ARE FREE FROM CRITICISM, JUST AS THEY CRITICISED OTHERS. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WILL AGREE WITH GORDON'S VIEWS ARE : NAZIS, ANTI-SEMITES, ISALMO-FACSISTS, EXTREME LEFTISTS, MOST ARAB AND ISLAMIC COUNTRIES. INCLUDING IRAN. WITH FREINDS AND SUPPORTERS LIKE THESE, GORDON AND HIS SUPPORTERS SHOULD FEEL VERY ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES.
68. Free Speech?? 62
Paul ,   Kiryat Yam,Israel   (08.23.09)
If he wants free speech let him live here, vote in elections and be Israeli not just in name.
69. Israel’s media people and academics…
Ron B. ,   Lod   (08.23.09)
One would think that Israel’s media people and academics would see the danger of allowing Israel to be painted as a genocidal occupier and would speak out and tell the world how tolerant and compassionate Israel has been towards her enemies — a veritable suffering Job among nations. Instead it is the same people in the media and universities who amplify the pro-Arab lies and distortions. They “admit” sins they never committed, and furnish intellectual rationalizations for the most convoluted arguments raised by their adversaries, rather than take up their country’s defense even when its conduct is beyond reproach as explained at : http://xrl.us/bi5da
70. This is bordering on sedition
Zion Urfeli ,   Haifa   (08.23.09)
This guy is a professor,whom we pay to teach our children,who knows what sort of rubbish he feeds them. HE wants us to divide Jerusalem,take in palestinian refugees.Just looking at that picture of him with Arafat makes me want to throw up.His article in the Guardian is sick.And the posters over there who cheered him on are just as sick.Flood the Guardian with pro Israeli posts.That is one of the ways to get back at the Guardian.
71. #22 Angela: I Salute You!
Wildmandxb ,   M.E.   (08.23.09)
It takes guts to mention what you wrote while living amongst pathetic minded people like the talkbackers who have attacked you left. right and centre for saying the truth. But nevermind they are just little kids running away from the truth, they want us to believe that every word they spit is a fact... i just don't get this. Every other talkbacker is so confident about what he/she says as if they have lived history in its minute details! Kudos to you Angela and Dr.Gordon. We need more people like you inorder to have peace.
72. SOMEONE SHOULD STAND UP AND PUT A BULLET IN HIS HEAD!
KILL LEFTISTS!   (08.23.09)
73. #62. yes free speech
jerusalem   (08.23.09)
what if he doesnt want to live here, its his right; and he still has his israeli passport on top of that. that goes likewise for the elections. well if you have a problem with "being israeli not just by name" , you should be familiar with the fact that everyone has their own interpretations. after all it is one of God's gifts. What ever happened with "live and let live"
74. HIM OR DUDU?
David Fakheri ,   Los angles   (08.23.09)
I read this article in La Times & I felt very sorry for the author of this article & the people who think like him. Who should be under the attack of the media , him or Dudu Topaz ?. Who should be DEAD now HIM or Dudu ?.
75. Anti-Israel Boycotts
Cynthia ,   USA   (08.23.09)
Are launched to punish Israel. These Israel bashers hide behind peace signs to camoflage their intent. Dr. Gordon needs to sell books and secure teaching and speaking engagements. That's why he pedals this leftist drivel and remains silent in regard to Palestinian terror.
76. he could laways lecture in ramallah
martin ,   stevenage - uk   (08.23.09)
and be paid in euros
77. #70 Zion
Lisa   (08.23.09)
I agree it is sickening. What I don't understand however: this guy is Israeli, lives and teaches in Israel- don't you guys know what is happening inside your country? Now you want to boycott the international press... why? Muzzle your traitors yourselves... Pro Israeli posts- start at home.. This is totally sickening to have an Israeli agitate against his home country who is paying his salary- I think he probably teaches exactly the same at his own university..only you people don't KNOW about it- why? Don't blame the press for picking this up, they are like leeches looking for blood.... so instead of flooding the Guardian- boycott the university, write to the prof. flood his email, his mail, this starts AT HOME, not abroad..
78. #73 jerusalem, you agree?
Lisa   (08.23.09)
so, what are you saying, jerusalem? He is free, he is Israeli, he can do and say what he wants, even if it is treason? OK, then allow the same freedom to ALL people- outside the country too- Tell me why is everybody so outraged when some two-bit reporter writes some lurid story in Sweden? It is his freedom of speech- just like your prof.s- See, you cannot have one law for the world, and one law for the Israelis... I am quoting you: "Live and let live". Does this make sense to you?
79. Israel is an Apartheid Country?
Miranda Rose Smith   (08.23.09)
You notice Dr. Gordon who calls Israel an apartheid country was photographed grinning and holding hands with a man whose lifelong dream was a totally apartheid, totally judenrein world?
80. Gordon
Lionel Fisch ,   Cedarhurst, NY - USA   (08.23.09)
Of course Gordon responded to criticism on Shabbat. Was he in shul on Saturday.? His article is so despicable and shameful i do not understand how he teaches political science. He seems to know nothing aboutpolitics or facts or reality. He uses the word "occupied" - did he use that word about Jordan when it chased all Jews out of the so called West Bank.? Does he call Texas occupied when the US took it from Mexico ? How come he is not outspoken about all the terror and murder committed by Hamas and Hezballah et.al. against Israel and Jews?? What does he tell his kids?
81. neve gordon
martha ,   beer sheva, israel   (08.23.09)
why get upset with the mentally ill and self hating jews? neve gordon is a misken and feeds on the controversy he creates. Get him out of the headlines and he will shrivel up and die in the waters of non-notariety!
82. PROFESSOR 100% RIGHT
Mark ,   TN/USA   (08.23.09)
PROFESSOR 100% RIGHT. I am sure a lot of intellectuals with morals are going to agree with him. Though most people may not see it openly, most people, including Judaists in the US, deep down agree with him and realize he is right.
83.  A disgrace
Dalia Frieder ,   Potomac, USA   (08.23.09)
For someone in the academia to propose boycott of his country, let Mr. Gordon first try to boycott himself voluntarily from all the international conferences he attends with the university sponsoring his travel (as the university can't restrict his travel). Let him, on his own free will, return those moneys to BGU and stay at home, claiming to lecture solely to his 2 boys.. Self arresting his freedom as a professor will resemble what he advocates, to be surrounded by blockage of his country. Let him first eat his own chew...dalia
84. its pretty obvious #78
jerusalem   (08.23.09)
since he lives in a democratic country, it is his democratic right that he be free to exercise free speech. discard that israeli="free" ratio. different people interpret treason in different ways; meaning i dont view that as treason. why all people outside country? not everyone has the benefits of living in a democratic country, let aloe in the same developed world. well, i cant speak for everyoe when i say that i am not outraged that the guy wrote it. but i do have a hunch: it goes against israel's image that it has prortayed of itself. yes, i still agree itshis freedom of speech you can twist words, so can i. i guess thats a plus from getting the blessing of living here. its beter to say you cant have and eat your cake at the same time.....its better than trying to make me look so anti-semitic. well sice the "state of israel" doesnt let live, why should other people worry about letting the "state of IL" live? yeah thanks for quoting me, i said it for a reason btw. well, if it didnt make sense to me, you wouldnt see this talkback, would you?
85. Israeli lecturer wants to boycott Israel
Mark V ,   Boston,USA   (08.24.09)
Those who don't learn from history are condemned to repeat its mistakes. So it would seem that Dr. Neve Gordon is not learning from history. How many times has the Jewish peoples extinction been sought. The Nazi's,hezbollah,hamas. The war in 1948,67 and so on. Honestly, how does one make peace with someone dedicated to the murder of the Jewish people. You just can't make peace with the muslims. History says this. They even say this. On radio,TV, and on paper. They teach there children to hate. And a boycott on Israel is going to help make peace. I guess they just hand out PH'ds to anyone these days. Lord help us all.
86. Follow the Money Trail, boycott the school, petition
Zippy ,   Canada   (08.24.09)
I can guarantee you that if you look into his bank accounts,the money trail will lead directly to the following group(s): the european union, Ford foundation, Jimmah carter's paymasters, arabs and other Jew hating/Israel hating groups.. Just as Peace Now has been revealed to be a paid tool of Britain! Israel you must start a petition for his ouster. His school must be boycotted and any group/advertisers that are connected to Ben Gurion must be targeted. Ex-students who financially support the school must threaten to withhold alumni monies. Send the petitions through your email lists, put it on right wing blogs, World Net Daily, Israel National News, Israel Matzav, Israellycool, Israpundit.com, Ynet etc. I can guarantee within weeks the pressure will be unbearable for Ben Gurion University and the Jew- hating -Jew Prof will only be welcomed by other Jew- hating- Jews like george soros and other extremely dishonest, despicable left liberal schools. Good riddance to trash. He should be banned from ever referring to himself as a Jew. He clearly is not!
87. #82.MARK -- 110 PERCENT DEAD WRONG !!
ABRAHAM ben JACOB ,   CANADA   (08.28.09)
YOU ARE 110 PERCENT DEAD WRONG AND YOU HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. YOU AND THE PROFFESSOR. HAVE THE SAME MIXED UP AND " UNPATRIOTIC " FEELINGS ...... IT SEEMS YOU MUST HATE THE USA !
88. #17: Idiocy
Chaim ,   Chicago, IL   (09.03.09)
Ms. Naor writes: "Universities should encourage the free expression of ideas and opinions, whatever these may be, so long as they are not racist or intended to harm anyone." First, If speech is truly free, why should it be acceptable to deprecate or provoke hostility against a nation or an ethnicity, but not against a racial group? Second, "racism" is irrelevant in this context, as neither Jews nor Arabs are a "race." The word "apartheid," an Afrikaans word meaning "[racial] separation" is a word no intellectually honest person should use of the situation in Israel. Not only are Palestinian Arabs indistinguishable in appearance from many Israeli Jews; any non-Jewish Arab, whether Israeli, Palestinian, or otherwise, is free to become a Jew. You may object to disparate treatment of Arabs, but it is not racially based and should not be labeled apartheid. Second, how is a call for a boycott not intended to harm anyone? Does Ms. Naor rationalize that if the Israeli government immediately capitulates to the demands of those calling for the boycott, no harm would be done -- that is, no harm to anyone she or her friends care about? 'm with Cameron [30]: "There is an irrationality to the Left that absolutely staggers."
89. if....
chaim ,   israel   (09.22.09)
.....he does not like it here, then he should leave!
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