Campus News & Climate

Stumbling Blocks’ to a Saudi Collaboration

http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/02/22/saudi When American colleges propose forging collaborations or building campuses in places like Abu Dhabi or Dubai, questions about human rights and whether gender, religion or sexuality could limit access or opportunities are never far behind. In most cases (though…

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Cohn Responds to Guiora and Romirowsky

To the editor, Guiora and Romirowsky might have added that the Palestinians’ leadership problem has been fueled for sixty years by those who claim to be their friends. The world gave no consideration to Palestinian statehood when Egypt and Jordan…

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Oxford Hosts Israel Apartheid Week

http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2008/02/20/news/news08.txt OXFORD, England (JTA) — It’s Monday evening at the University of Oxford’s St. Antony’s College, and a well-dressed audience that includes distinguished faculty members is attending the opening of Israeli Apartheid Week on campus. Just a few blocks away,…

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Deutsche Akademiker: “Israel nicht mehr blind unterstützen”

http://www.israelnetz.com/themen/nachrichten/artikel-nachrichten/artikel/deutsche-akademiker-israel-nicht-mehr-blind-unterstuetzen/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=10&cHash=929345a9f5 NETANJA (inn) – Eine Gruppe deutscher Akademiker hat die Bundesregierung aufgefordert, die “im Holocaust wurzelnde blinde Unterstützung für Israel” zu beenden. Die vier Wissenschaftler nahmen am Montag an einem Diskussionsabend in der israelischen Küstenstadt Netanja teil. Sie gehören zu…

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London students call for divestment from Israel

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/1,7340,L-3507553,00.htm The London School of Economics Students’ Union (LSESU) on Thursday passed a resolution calling for its university and the National Union of Students in the United Kingdom to divest from companies that provide commercial and military support to Israel,…

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Community Organizations Meet with UM President and Provost Regarding Pluto Press

http://antiracistblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/community-organizations-meet-with-um.html Local representatives from Bnai Brith, American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Community Relations Council, and StandWithUs met with University President Mary Sue Coleman and University Provost Terry Sullivan, Tuesday, February 12. President Coleman and Provost Sullivan assured the assembled group…

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Book fair in Italy thrown into emotional debate over Israel’s role at event

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/15/europe/turin.php ROME: The decision to select Israel as guest of honor at this spring’s International Book Fair in Turin has set off a furious debate among Italian, Israeli and Arab authors and intellectuals, including calls to boycott the event. Critics…

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