Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS)

Lawrence Douglasand Alexander George: The Academic Ethicist

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i43/43b00201.htm Dear Academic Ethicist, I am what you might call a “rising star” in the field of architectural history. Last year my book, Abstract Concrete, received the Rauschenberg Prize for best book on postcontemporary architecture. I was delighted – until…

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Fouad Ajami: Nationalist Suicide

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/articles/070624/2fouad_print.htm Five summers ago, on June 24, President George W. Bush, in a landmark speech, offered the Palestinians his and America’s commitment to support “the creation of a Palestinian state.” America was in the throes of a campaign against terrorism;…

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Jonathan Spyer: Gaza – Year Zero

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/jonathan_spyer/2007/06/gaza_year_zero.html The Hamas coup that took place in Gaza last week is an event of historic importance. For the first time in the region, Islamist fighters took on the internationally recognised forces of a western-subsidised Arab nationalist client – and…

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Shaul Bakhash, George Mason University: Our Family Hostage Crisis

SPME Editor’s Note: SPME hopes that after reading this article, you will add your name to and circulate the petition to the Government of Iranto Free Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh and Ali Shakeri by clicking here . Fairfax, Va. IRAN’S…

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Irwin Cotler: Human Rights Travesty

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/06/23/human_rights_travesty/ GENEVA. The UN Human Rights Council has concluded its year-long session by singling out one member state — Israel — for permanent indictment on the council agenda. This discriminatory treatment is not only prejudicial to Israel, but it is…

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Isi Leibler: British Jewry in Crisis

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1182409638498&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull The call for a boycott against Israeli academicians by the British University and College Union (UCU) reflects the depths to which vicious hostility against Israel has become ingrained in British society.It is an abomination for “educators,” purporting to be…

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Joel Brinkley: Getting up Close and Personal with Hamas

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2007/06/24/EDGONP1JNA1.DTL IN THE GAZA Strip last week, Hamas fighters grinned and preened as they drove around in new Jeep Cherokees seized from Fatah leaders in their successful coup. Hamas is now in undisputed control of Gaza, but calling that a…

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Gil Troy: We Can Unite In Opposing Iran

http://www.thejewishweek.com/top/editletcontent.php3?artid=6049 Month after month, the Islamic Republic of Iran gets closer and closer to securing nuclear weapons, while the West appears more and more impotent. Tragically, but predictably, in the polarized red-blue era of President George W. Bush, the Iran…

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