- A group of American professors published on Monday a
statement calling for boycotting Israeli academic institutions in protest
of the continued Israeli practices against the Palestinian people, including
disruption of academic life in Palestinian cities, towns, villages and
refugee camps.
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- On a website for the boycott letter, the professors called
on all those supportive of such a move to join and sign a petition of boycott
to encounter the Israeli practices against the Palestinian academic process.
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- The petition included a list of professors from the United
States, Canada, Britain, France, Chile, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Spain,
Greece, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Egypt, Lebanon, Australia, Japan, Argentina,
Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Palestinian National Authority, Israel and
others.
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- The statement and the list of signatories can be found:
http://www.academicboycott.org
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- Professors Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions Recent
reports tell us that leading members of Israel's academic institutions
are organizing to "fight the international boycott." We are told
that Israeli academics are outraged at this "unwarranted attack on
Israeli academic freedom."
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- In order that the issue of academic freedom may be discussed
within a context free of hypocrisy, we, the undersigned, defenders of Palestinian
academic freedom and supporters of the academic boycott against Israel,
call for a response to the deterioration of Palestinian education as a
consequence of Israeli policies from those leaders of Israel's universities
who now organize to fight the boycott.
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- Academics worldwide should have an accurate picture of
the situation that has long confronted Palestinian education: the Israeli
government has set up a system of roadblocks and checkpoints that makes
it difficult or impossible for Palestinian teachers and students to reach
their universities, colleges and schools. Its policy of harassment, arrests,
random shootings and assaults is carried out almost weekly by Israeli troops
on Palestinian campuses. All of this takes place against the backdrop of
an ongoing 37 year occupation and relentless attack on Palestinian civil
society, thus disrupting the necessary framework for any successful educational
structure. Such Israeli government policies negate Palestinian academic
freedom.
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- Given the destructive nature of Israeli government action
against Palestinian education and academic freedom, and your simultaneous
expression of concern for Israeli academic freedom in the face of the boycott,
we feel that it is only fair to ask the Israeli academic leadership where
it stands on the issue of current Israeli policy as described above, and
to share with us what Israeli academic institutions are doing to challenge
the behavior of your government.
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- Finally, to help you do this we are prepared to join
you and other parties in public debate of the academic boycott of your
institutions at any time and in any neutral venue.
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- Sincerely,
- The Undersigned
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- SIGN THE LETTER
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- Signatories TOTAL SIGNATURES: 393
- Abbes, Ahmed, , CNRS and Universite Paris 13 Paris, FranceAbd
Razak, Adlah,
- student, MalaysiaAbdul Rahman, Yahya, Editor (www.montrealmuslimnews.net),
- Montreal Muslim News Montreal, QuebecAbdulhadi,
- Rabab, Assistant Professor/Faculty
- Fellow, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality,
New York University New
- York, USAAbu Donia, Riham, Demonstrator, The Institute
of African Research
- and Studies, Cairo University EgyptAbu Sehly,
- Karam, Assistant Lecturer, Faculty
- of Foreign Languages and Translation, Misr University
for Science and
- Technology EgyptAbu-Lughod, Lila, Professor of
- Anthropology and Women's Studies,
- Columbia University USAAbubadawia, Nesreen,
- assistante direction, Paris, France
- Adas, Jane, Professor, Rutgers University Newark
- USA Adler, Firas, Collectif des
- Artistes du XVeme arrdsst Pour une Paix Juste et
- Durable au P.O., Paris, France
- Afshar, Haleh, Professor, University of York UKAgganis,
Sherri, Finance,
- Emmanuel College Boston, MAAgha, Moji, Visiting Scholar,
U. of Arizona Tucson,
- Arizona, USAAinley, Patrick, Professor of
- Education and Training, University of
- Greenwich London, UKAl-Qattan, Omar, Filmmaker, Sindibad
Films Ltd. London, UK
- Al-Sayyid, Mustapha K., Professor of Political Science,
Cairo University Egypt
- Al-Zobaidi, Sobhi, filmmaker, writer, teacher, Al-Quds
University Palestine
- Alam, M. Shahid, Professor of Economics, Northeastern
University Boston, USA
- Alcalay, Ammiel, Professor, Queens College, CUNY Graduate
Center New York, USA
- Alexiou, Petro, Phd. Candidate, Macquarie
- University AustraliaAllan, Diana, Graduate
- Student, Harvard Univ. Cambridge Mass., USAAlldredge,
Elham-Eid,
- President/Sociologist, REDA International, Inc.
- Wheaton, Maryland, USAAllen, Sheila,
- Professor Emeritus, University of Bradford Bradford,
UKAlleva, Enrico, Head,
- Section of Behavioral Pathophysiology, Institute of Neurobiology
Rome, Italy
- Allinson, Mark, Professor, School of Modern
- Languages, University of Leicester UK
- alwsame, mohd, , GAZAAmati, Paolo, Professor of
- Genetics, University of Roma La
- Sapienza Rome, ItalyAmighi, Janet, Professor,
- Montgomery County Community College
- West Chester USAAmit, Daniel, Professor, Instituto di
Fisica, La Sapienza
- Roma, ItalyAmmons, Linda, Assoc. Professor,
- Assumption College Worcester, Mass.
- USAAnidjar, Gil, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature,
Columbia
- University USAAntonius, Rachad, Professor of
- Sociology, Département de Sociologie,
- Université du Québec à Montréal
CanadaAossey, Joe, Retired, Ashour Majdi, MD,
- University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN, USA Asimakoulas,
Dimitris, PhD
- student, University of Manchester Manchester,
- UKAtzmon, Gilad, Composer, Author, UK
- Auleear, Dawood, Freelance Journalist, Pres., Alif Society
Austin, Robert,
- Professor, Centro de Estudios Tecnico Santiago,
- Chileazhari nachoua, Translator,
- Arab League Cairo, EgyptAziz, Sylvat, Associate Professor,
Department of Art,
- Queens University Ontario, CanadaBachrach, Riva, Clinical
Psychologist, Beit
- Berl College of Education IsraelBaker, Ahmad, Professor
of Psychology, Birzeit
- University Birzeit, PalestineBaker, Ken, Managing Director,
St. Jerome
- Publishing Ltd. Manchester, UKBaker, Mona,
- Professor of Translation Studies, St.
- Jerome Publishing Ltd. Manchester, UKBalabane, Mikaël,
Professor, Math Dept.,
- Universite Paris 13 Paris, FranceBaladi,
- Viviane, , CNRS, Jussieu Paris, France
- Balak, Benjamin, Assistant Professor of
- Economics, Rollins College, Fl USABalibar,
- Etienne, Professeur émérite, Université
de Paris-Nanterre FranceBalles, Paul,
- Prof Emeritus, Writer, University of Bahrain BahrainBarak
Nofi, Student, RCC
- NY, USABarghouti, Omar, Doctoral Student, Tel Aviv University
Barghouti, Riham
- , Public Relations Office, Birzeit University
- Birzeit, PalestineBarhoum, Khalil
- , Coordinator, Middle Eastern and African Languages and
Literatures, Stanford
- University, Birzeit Right to Education Support Group,
US West Coast USA
- Barhoum, Musa Isa. PhD, Director of the Media Center,
Al-Quds Open University
- Ramallah, PalestineBassett, David, Associate Professor
of Internal Medicine,
- Emeritus, University of Michigan Ann Arbor,
- Michigan, USABerland, Jody, Associate
- Professor of Humanities, York University Toronto, CanadaBerthold,
Richard M.,
- Associate Professor of History, Ret., University
- of New Mexico Albuquerque, New
- Mexico, USABier, Laura, PhD Candidate, History, New York
University NY, USA
- Bilajac Nives, Student, University Vienna Vienna AustriaBilgrami,
Akeel,
- Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, Columbia
- University New York, USABirnstingl, Martin
- , Senior Consultant Surgeon (retired), St Bartholomew's
Hospital London, UK
- Bkouche, Rudolph, Prof. de mathematiques emerite, Universite
des Sciences et
- Technologies de Lille Lille, FranceBlackwell, Sue, Lecturer
in Linguistics,
- University of Birmingham Birmingham, UKBlair,
- Merryl, Minister/professor , Melbourne
- College of Divinity Melbourne, Australia Blais, Guy,
graphic designer, free
- lance Windsor, CT, USA Boe, Jean-Marie, Maitre de Conferences,
Universite Paul
- Valery Montpellier, FranceBolaky, Bassir, Manager, Resources
and Admin.,
- Innovative Concept Enterprises UKBowen, James, Professor
of Computer Science,
- University College Cork IrelandBowman, Glenn, Senior
Lecturer, Department of
- Anthropology, University of Kent UKBoyle,
- Francis A., Professor of International
- Law, USAbrian johnston, professor, carnegie
- mellon university pittsburgh u.s.a.
- Bricmont, Jean, Professor of Theoretical
- Physics, University of Louvain Belgium
- Brighenti, Barbra-renee, realtor, Prudential Cascade
Sarasota,USABrink, Andre,
- Emeritus Professor of English, University of Cape Town
South AfricaBristol
- Rhys, Jane, Professor, Zayed University United
- Arab EmiratesBrittain, Victoria,
- Journalist, Writer, UKBronner, Stephen, Professor, Rutgers
University New
- Brunswick, USABrown, Erella, , University of
- Haifa Haifa, IsraelBrown, Stewart A.,
- Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Trent University Peterborough,
ON, Canada
- Bruston, Francine, Ingenior, Universite Paris 7 Paris,
FranceBuchanan, Joan,
- Physician, Private Practice Canberra, AustraliaBuck-Morss,
Susan, Professor,
- Cornell University Ithaca, N.Y. USAButler, Judith, Maxine
Eliot Professor of
- Rhetoric & Comparative Literature, University of
- California, Berkeley USAButska, Nina
- , Professor, Humber College Toronto, CanadaCaminiti,
Roberto, Professor of
- Physiology, Universita' di Roma La Sapienza
- Roma, Italycamou christian, , paris,
- franceCarter, Rand, Professor of the History of Art,
Hamilton College
- Clinton, USACerullo, Margaret, , Hampshire
- College Amherst, USAChacko, Priya, PhD
- Candidate, University of Adelaide Adelaide,
- AustraliaChadjipavlou, Christianna, ,
- AthensChambers, Iain, Professor of Cultural and Postcolonial
Studies,
- University of Naples,'Orientale' Naples.
- ItalyChan, Adrian, Visiting Fellow, History
- Program, Ressearch School of Pacific and Asian Studies,
Australian National
- University AustraliaCioffi, Francesco, Prof. Ass., Dipt.
di Idraulica,
- Transporti e Strade, Univ. degli Studi di Roma,
- La Sapienza Roma, ItalyCLEMENT Francoise
- , researcher economist, CEDEJ, French CNRS-MAE Cairo,
EgyptCohen, Mike,
- Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University
- of Wales Swansea, UKCollomb, Michel,
- Professeur de Litterature Comparee, Universite Paul Valery
Montpellier, France
- Colonna, Stefano, Instituto di Chimica Organica Alessandro
Marchesini,
- Universita degli Studi di Milano ItalyConnery, Chris,
professor, literature,
- university of california santa cruz, california
- usaConway-Long, Don, Professor,
- Webster University St. Louis USACopjec, Joan,
- Professor of English and Comparative
- Literature, University at Buffalo USACossar, Natalie,
?, ? Melbourne Australia
- Coulter, Jeff, Professor, Boston University Boston, USACronin,
Stephanie,
- Research Fellow, University College Northampton UKCurti,
Lidia, Professor of
- English, University of Naples,'Orientale'
- Naples. ItalyDabashi, Hamid, Professor,
- Columbia University USADabbagh, Nadia, , Royal Free and
University College
- Hospitals London, UKDally, Bassam, Professor, Adelaide
University Adelaide,
- AustraliaDangor, A. E., Emeritus Reader in
- Physics, Imperial College UKDaoud, Jamal,
- Activist, New South Wales Green Party Sydney, AustraliaDavdani,
Mohammed,
- Optometrist, UKDavidson, Lawrence, Professor of
- History, West Chester University
- West Chester, USADayus, Danny, Chancellor's Scholar,
University of Ulster
- Dayus, Dinah, Doctoral Student, University of
- Ulster Northern IrelandDe Genova,
- Nicholas, Assistant Professor, Columbia
- University New York, USAde Rooij, Paul,
- Economist, London, UKde Vos, Rene, Sociologue et enseignant,
Ecole Nationale
- Superieure d"Arts et Metiers Cluny,
- FranceDelaplain, James, Professor Emeritus,
- Univ. of Wisconsin River Falls, USADella Ragione Gilda,
anthropologist,
- University of Genoa ItalyDickinson, Kay,
- Lecturer in Film Studies, King's College,
- University of London UKDocker, John, Professor, Humanities
Research Centre,
- Australian National University Canberra, AustraliaDolev,
Diana, , Wizo College
- for Design, Haifa IsraelDonnell, Pete,
- Undergraduate Student, Physics, Imperial
- College London UKDoss, Madiha, Professor, Cairo University
Cairo, EgyptDruks,
- Judit, Dr., UCL LondonDupre, Gérard, Ingenior,
University Paris 12 Creteil,
- FranceDuval, Evelyne, Maitre de conference
- retraitee, Universite Paris 7 Paris,
- FranceEkerwald, Hedvig, Assoc. professor, Uppsala university
SwedenEl Bizri,
- Dalal, Sociologist & columnist , Al-Hayat Newspaper
EgyptEl Lozy, Mahmoud,
- Associate Professor of Drama, American
- University in Cairo Cairo, EgyptEl Qasem,
- Fayza, Maître de Conférences, Université
Paris3, Sorbonne Nouvelle FranceEl
- Sadda, Hoda, Professor of English and Comparative Literature,
Cairo University
- EgyptEl-Ezaby, Yehia, Professor, American
- University in Cairo EgyptEl-Hosseiny,
- Hany, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Cairo
University Cairo, Egypt
- Elbarbary, Abier, Psychology Instructor, American Univ
in Cairo CairoElias,
- Olivia, ex-chargee de cours,, Universite du Quebec a
Montreal Paris, France
- Elnashaie, Said, Professor of Chemical
- Engineering, Auburn University Auburn, USA
- Epstein, Stephan, Professor of Economic History,
- London School of Economics and
- Political Science London, EnglandEsseveld, Johanna, Professor
in Sociology,
- Lund University Lund, SwedenEven, Anat, filmmaker and
film lecturer, Camera
- Obscure Tel Aviv, IsraelFábos, Anita Häusermann,
- Senior Lecturer, Department of
- Cultural Studies/Refugee Research Centre, University
of East London London, UK
- Fahmy, Khaled, Associate Professor, New York University
New York, USAfarah
- nasrallah, law and political sciences, american
- university in beirut beirut_ lebanon
- Farjoun, Emmanuel, , Mathematics, Hebrew University JerusalemFarrar,
Max, Dr,
- Social Science, Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds,
UKfawzi, adam, IT Support
- analyst, Edinburgh, ScotlandFelix Mnthali, Professor
of English, University
- of Botswana Gaborone, BotswanaFerro Enrique, Translator,
Brussels, Belgium
- Fisnar-Keggler, Michaela,
- Translator/Publisher/Editor, Multimedia-Verlag
- Switzerland
- Fleischmann, Ellen, Assistant Professor, Department of
History, University of
- Dayton Dayton, Ohio, USAFrongia, Daniele, , Instituto
Nazionale di Statistica
- Roma, ItalyGabric, George, publisher, San Pedro, CA 90733
USAGarcia, Raquel,
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Junior Fellow of he Royal Society,
Imperial College
- Centre for Energy Policy and Technology London, UKGarcía-Landa,
Mariano,
- Interprète de Conférence, Docteur en Sciences
et
- Techniques de l'Interprétation et
- de la Traduction (Sorbonne- Paris III) BelgiumGasper,
Philip, Professor and
- Chair, Department of Philosophy, Notre Dame de
- Namur Univ. Belmont, USAGendzier,
- Irene, Professor, Boston University Boston, USAGhannam,
Jess, Clinical
- Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of California,
San Francisco San
- Francisco, USAGhattas, Basel, Dr. General
- Director, Galilee Society Shefaamr, Israel
- Giacaman, Rita, Associate Professor, Institute of Community
and Public Health,
- Birzeit University PalestineGiora, Rachel, Professor
of Linguistics, Tel Aviv
- University IsraelGoldberg, David Theo, Director,
- Humanities Research Institute,
- University of California Irvine, USAGordon, Matthew,
Professor, Miami
- University Oxford, USAGorin, Zeev, Associate
- Professor, Dept of Sociology and Social
- Work, Bradley University Peoria, Illinois, USAGover,
Yerah, Research Fellow,
- Comparative Literature, Queens College, City University
of NY NY, USAGraff,
- James, Associate Professor Emeritus, Philosophy Department,
Victoria College,
- University of Toronto CanadaGranqvist, Raoul J.,
- Professor, Umeå University Umeå,
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