Palestine, the right to education & the academic boycott of Israeli institutions
OxfordPSC | 28.05.2005 15:53 | Education | Repression | Social Struggles | Oxford
Oxford PSC have organized a public speaker meeting to discuss the academic boycott of Israeli institutions.
Public speaker meeting – “Palestine, the right to education and the academic boycott of Israeli institutions”. Our two excellet speakers are Hilary Rose, Professor of Social Policy, Bradford University, and Dan Richards, Friends of Bir Zeit University.
On: Tuesday 7th June,7:30pm, Council Chamber, Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates, Oxford.
All welcome.
On: Tuesday 7th June,7:30pm, Council Chamber, Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates, Oxford.
All welcome.
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AUT and the israel boycott
28.05.2005 17:14
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why would that be true?
28.05.2005 20:55
Funny, you seem to be able to notice that the Gush Shalom people oppose the occupation but apparently haven't a clue what sort of people are most likely to be associated with Gush Shalom. >
Funny you don't seem to be able to notice statements coming from the Palestinian academic community opposing the academic boycott. Does that surprise you? You don't understand? The Palestinian academic may have closer communications with their Isralei counterparts than with the anti-academic components of Palestinian society and cutting off connection of the Israeli academic community to the outsde cuts them off too.
Now none of these things necessarily mean that an academic boycott if Israel is a bad idea but they are enough to mean that it's a subject which needs serious discussion of the merits pro and con -- not a knee jerk sanp decision based upon how you would like conflicts in the world to be "simple" instead of being the complicated messes they usually are.
Mike
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AUT vote
28.05.2005 21:38
british trade unionism. it's busted.
the usual argument you hear from zionists is that, well, occupation is a very complicated issue and we should all talk some more. lots more. round and round on the merrygoround as israeli occupation / expansion gets more entrenched on the ground. the issue is very simple: nasty nationalist colonisers (israelis) murder and thieve their way around some sandy patch in the middle east so they can live out a racist religious dream. they shout a lot so no one can get a word in when people complain because shouting a lot and saying things are complicated buys time for the expulsion of palestinians which is proving regrettably slow. lobbying british unions and accusing people of anti semitism is part of this process. meanwhile, settlements in the west bank expand, the wall cuts into more and more land on the wrong side of the 67 border and so on. nation building is a longterm project, right mike?
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Good morning!
28.05.2005 21:58
Israbrit
Boycott should be TOTAL, not just universities
28.05.2005 23:09
Israel should be a pariah state until it obeys the international community - and that doesn't just mean the Likudnik Fifth Column in Washington and Downing Street who keep funding their crimes.
Boycott Israeli Goods
Liar, pants on fire
29.05.2005 11:17
"executes without charge or trial and engages in mass reprisals and collective punishment": Israel does NOT execute anyone without charge or trial. If you're going to bring up the killing of Rantisi and Yassin, well, they executed thousands of Israeli civilians without charge either. It was a pure defensive action.
"Considering Israel has WMD": Israel has never admitted having WMD - go prove it. Vanunu says yes, we say no. "is in breach of numerous UN resolutions:" Not one UN resolution about Israel has been a binding Security Council resolution. "a war criminal leader": Ariel Sharon is NOT a war criminal, and you saying so does not make him one. Israel has never invaded her neighbours unless they were invading her first. Self defence does not count as stealing anyone's land.
You're just a liar, and dare I say it? Yes, you're an anti Semite too.
Brit
Agreed
29.05.2005 11:28
Boycott capitalism
"Liar, pants on fire"
29.05.2005 12:13
You're a total lying twat mate.
ftp
What about the Six Day War in 1967
29.05.2005 19:57
You said "Israel has never invaded her neighbours unless they were invading her first. Self defence does not count as stealing anyone's land."
Did Eygpt invade Israel in 1967? NO
Did Syria invade Israel in 1967? NO
Did Palestine invade Israel in 1976? NO
Did Israel invade Eygpt, Syria, The Gaza Strip and The West Bank in 1967? YES
Is Israel STILL Violating UN Resolution 242? YES, as Israel is STILL occupying The Gaza Strip and The West Bank!
Get your facts right Brit!
SHEESH!
Anti Zionist, Brighton
ho ho ho!!!
30.05.2005 09:13
Yeah yaeh, do a bit of work on some of the electronics (not even original work at that) and all ofa sudden 'you invented the lot' - typical self obsession and hubris for a zionist!
Not suprised that big institutions figure that they better not go to far (after all what with the pension schemes invested and all that) - at the end of the day it is up to the consumer to carry out the lions share of the boycott.
One of the best ways is to actually buy the stuff and then take it back for your refund - you can state your [political] reasons or not. Either way its even more akward for them.
jackslucid
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any sites listing Israeli products we can boycott?
30.05.2005 14:12
Regard,
KRS2
KRS2
just remember 729 ...
31.05.2005 08:36
jackslucid
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Boycott Israeli goods site
31.05.2005 21:35
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