Many of these ''professors'' are out-and-out cranks, their scholarship so dubious as to be ridiculous. Many are unreformed Stalinists, the last people on Earth to talk about any kind of freedom. Worse, they are parasites causing only harm not only to their institutions but to the entire Jewish people. You need to examine the works of these people in detail, your head will explode when you see what your tax money is paying for. I've been following this on the blog Zionist Conspiracy for quite a while now. Believe me, it's not enough to talk in generalities, you need to see the details to understand why more drastic action is needed, not just at the level of the professors but at the administrative level as well. Both administrators & professors should be fired. It's time for a real house-cleaning.

it never ceases to amaze me how jews will be so stupid - in the name if academic "freedom". What they really are looking for is "acceptance" from their counterparts, or wrose, money for speaking.

Although these academics happen to be Jewish, I still take off my hat to them for their enlightenment. These professors represent the vanguard of those who are trying to rectify the error of May 15, 1948, with the least possible loss of life, limb, and property. One might say that they are leaders in atonement for a huge sin. More power to them, and may boycott-divestment-sanctions-litigation achieve their goal!

Kedar and Pollak are blatantly political in this pathetic excuse for an opinion piece. Academics who propose a boycott of Israeli government and economy etc do not incite against the state or remotely threaten the existence of Israel, that is totally absurd. Academics criticising the government does not mean they want to destroy Israel. That is the most foolish claim that is flying around here. As for claims that Israel is an apartheid state featuring in leading periodicals and journals, you should take issue with the editors, not the writers. In doing so you should present facts that would justify whether it is or isn't. Instead, you choose to condemn and incite hatred against political activism that you disagree with. Wake up ladies, Israel is a democracy, and they're not going to shut up because you disagree with them. You should remember that their main issue with the government is the occupation - why don't you focus on that instead of fighting against those who know it is wrong?

The very definition of t reason/seditionmeans that a person involves committing acts which in effect undermine the security of the nation. By calling for boycotts, by inciting, libeling and otherwise demonizing Israel in the public sphere, NO rational person can conflate academic freedom with the above acts. It would be akin to stating that one has academic freedom to stab another prof in the back, simply because he disagreed with their viewpoint. Moreover, practicing Orwellian tactics, going through linguistic gymnastics does NOT obviate the truth. The truth being, the State has NO obligation to pay profs who incite against her, NOR do they even have the right to do so! I am not surprised that Professor Keidar is one of the authors of this well written article.My dear friend, Tsafrir Ronen, z"l, always told me what a deep thinker he was.

Graczek forgets that Israel only exists because nations like Poland overwhelmingly collaborated in genocide. If anything is an error it is Poland's continued existence.

The only mistake that I am aware of happened when you were conceived Mr. or Mrs. Graczek. You are actively promoting the destruction of I srael in the guise of human rights and atonement. I WOULD SUGGEST THE RETURN THE LAN ON WHICH YOUR ABODE IS BUILT TO BE RETURNED TO THE iNDIAN TRIBES .

1. A well organized zealot group of Israel academics are in a process of delegitimizing Israel. It is not criticism, it is an attempt to destroy. 2. They are paid well to do so but they may not pay Israeli income tax. Hanan Ashrawi, Norwegian and British embassies, Israel fund etc. give millions to these provacoturs. 3. Being an Israeli academic radical is a self serving egocentric attitude. Ilan Pappe would not have a professor appointment in Exeter without publishing his garbage. Pseudo science infected every faculty in Israeli universities. 4. Anti Israel academics hire or accept doctorals if they have identical political views.It is inbreeding of anarchists, marxists and Jew haters. 5. Most violent anti Israel academics such as Neve Gordon, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Rachel Giora, Micah Leshem spread their venom in foreign anti semitic journal such as Counterpunch. By doing so they limit debate in Israel and promote anti Semitism. 6. These academics have no realistic plan to solve conflicts, rather any incident is blown out of proportion. It seems that non of them read Hamas Covenant. 7. The book "Indocrination U".-David Hurwitz may provide guidelines to future standards for academic conduct.

When these Communists ruled E. Europe and Russia they destroyed every host society and that led to the rise of fascism. These people are hardcore, incorrigible ideologues and only in Israel and the USA are regarded as "respected intellectuals". No wonder for many people in the world over the Jewish people are synonymous with Bolshevism and all the bad thing it entails. Similar creeps control the US academia and media - unknowingly nurturing a gathering backlash against Obama's Jews.

This is how Israelis think - if they are Palis then they are nothing. Abuse them anyway for anything.... You really have captured the heart and soul of Israeli culture - good job!

It is ludicrous for Israel to tolerate treacherous academics, who prowl the world preaching anti-Israel boycotts while collecting generous salaries from Israeli taxpayers. These academics should be promptly fired and put on trial for treason.

Unfortunately, perhaps because Israel does not have a constitution, Israelis don't realize that there are limitations to Freedom of Speech and to Academic Freedoms. It's as though our government are acting like indulgent parents and not setting appropriate limits to Members of the Knesset and to academicians.

Just because the the radical left wing academics are violating the academic freedom of their colleagues doesn't mean that they are violating anything. Well, except maybe logic and common reason. But then, radical academics answer to no authority but themselves, and if they've deciding to resurrect the Flat Earth Theory, who are we to deny them their academic right of expressing themselves? Really now. If somebody tapes a target on their own butt with "kick me" on it, should we protect them, or let them get kicked? Many of us think that the first people to be boycotted should indeed be these same professors who are calling for a boycott. In fact, the perfect solution for them is to immediately fire them all and deny their academic rights, just like they want. Once they all get what they want and are on welfare (or working at foreign universities where they can flap their illogical mouths off to their hearts content) the rest of Israeli academia can get on with their work.

This is all good and well, but a list of names of the offenders would be appropriate here.

They urge others to boycott the very institutions that they themselves do not boycott! If they had any bal_s they would submit their resignations. Unfortunately, they are sorely lacking and we are stuck with them - for now.

sastem of education is different from free speech there is knowledge rules logic book theories political effect has social effect human efect economical efect cultural efect and each of them has schools teachers .... it is about all the world but israil think that evrything must be about israil existence ..how they are fools

I wonder how did you or your family survive ? ,...

A lot of insults instead of arguments and a character assassination instead rational engagement with the issue. Why don't you just put them against the wall and,... It's that the best you can do?

Leon you missed the point , What Andrew was saying is that the way Palestinians deal with critisim is to silence them. or worse acuse them of Israeli colaboration then silence them. Summry execution by Hamas is daily past time in Gaza but people like you chose to ignore it . It would contradict your black and white take on life.

Go to isracampus.org.il and you will have all the names, their articles and activities at your disposal.

in Pajamas Media. Always look forward to them. Woul;d appreciate it if you would spend more time with us on Ynet. Thanks.

heartened that a man from the mideast (probably Lebanon) residing in the USA sees so clearly what we and the international community are up against vis a vis Hamas. Thank you. Many blessings. Incidentally, long ago I had a friend of Lebanese extraction from Dearborn whom I knew in Europe named Lloyd Hamady. Any chance you may know or know of him? Would like to make contact again.

and the current one was no disappointment. As usual, rich and evocative.

Motti hi. Very informative article. Only Jews would bite the hands that feed them. What ever happened to patriotism and responsible citiizenship.

thank you! its about time that Israel stops pandering to the psycho-babble paradigm into which the western world seems so determined to head. Unbalanced has become the new "normal."

This calls for immediate discussion!!! Yes, we must immediately engage the most irrational academic ninkompoops in rational discussion! However, in order to honor their demands, we must immediately boycott them and have absolutely no contact with them until Israel totally capitulates with their demands for total capitulation. I do not believe in insulting them! I agree we should never put them against the wall! Give them what they want! Boycott them. Or am I not seeing something here?

What about basic loyalty to one's employer? I think if a person does something to undermine his employer, whether economically or otherwise, the employer has a right to fire him. I attended a major US university. I studies political science and never heard a word of disloyalty to the US from any of my professors. No one could have imagined such a thing.