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Master96 -> (UCU) to boycott Israel academically! (6/1/2007 12:40:09 AM)
Britain's University and College Union (UCU) to boycott Israel academically. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/864754.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/world/europe/30britain.html?ref=world Is the criticism of Israel means anti-Semitic? Is the criticism of Saudi Arabia means anti-Islam? How can anti-Semitism be pro-Arabism? Isn't anti-Semitism means anti Jews and Arab? Is it right to equal Israeli Military's mistakes with terrorist organizations' actions? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra_and_Shatila_massacre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_shelling_of_Qana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Qana_airstrike

NorthernGent -> RE: (UCU) to boycott Israel academically! (6/1/2007 1:06:21 AM)
This has been on the cards for a while. Members of the Jewish community are involved. Prominent Jewish comedians, actors, authors, historians etc are vociferous in their opposition to the Israeli government and want the British government to use its limited power to do something about the actions of the Israeli government. They realise this is futile, so they've decided to do whatever they can. It's a human rights movement. It's nothing to do with anti-semitism. The reality is that the Israeli government is bulldozing Palestinian homes, grabbing their land and building homes for Israelis. It's ethnic cleansing.

seeksfemslave -> RE: (UCU) to boycott Israel academically! (6/1/2007 1:11:05 AM)
Boycotting contacts with fellow academics is typical PC liberal authoritarianism. and will achieve nothing much. In the middle East some form of compromise is essential from BOTH sides for any progress to be made. The omens are not good !

Sinergy -> RE: (UCU) to boycott Israel academically! (6/1/2007 8:26:19 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: seeksfemslave Boycotting contacts with fellow academics is typical PC liberal authoritarianism. and will achieve nothing much. [sarcasm] We PC liberal authoritarians need to take a page from the right wing playbook. Invade. Kill as many academics as we can. Send the rest to Gitmo for butt pyramids. [/sarcasm] Sinergy edited to make it more concise.

Lordandmaster -> RE: (UCU) to boycott Israel academically! (6/1/2007 8:34:25 AM)
Of course not. quote: ORIGINAL: Master96 Is the criticism of Israel means anti-Semitic?

philosophy -> RE: (UCU) to boycott Israel academically! (6/1/2007 8:47:01 AM)
Seems to me to be a measured response.....it may not have a dramatic effect on its own, but it is nevertheless the sort of thing we all ought to be doing. What does Israel export? Let's boycott it until they stop treating neighbouring countries as firing ranges......if we do this and reclaim the moral high ground then maybe those Palestinians with inaccurate rockets will start lisening to us.

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