This I find worrisome.
My appreciation of things British is lessening as the days go by, because friends, a boycott of this nature does nothing but create worse conditions in Israel for people wanting higher education.
What good, really? What good would a sweeping boycott of Israeli scholars do to help with the conflict?
What would boycotting apolitical educational institutions accomplish? Other than lower the academic standards of Universities which are slipping anyway?
Dear British Academia,
If you want to help with Israeli-Palestinian conflict, come here, seriously, come here and teach and research and bring revenue into Israeli AND Palestinians Universities.
If you feel so strongly that Israel is to blame in everything wrong in Palestine (which it isn't if you bothered to read or watch the news beyond
the Guardian), please, go into Gaza and the West Bank and help raise the standard of living and of education.
How about petitioning your government to boycott Arms dealing with Israel, oh but no, that's a little over your head isn't it, it isn't "micro" enough.
Seriously.
Now, I'm not one to cut myself or Israel any slack when it comes to responsibility in the Occupied Territories, but please this is just ridiculous and spiteful and ultimately it can only do harm to everyone involved.
And if you're going to boycott, how about boycotting against things that are actually hurtful to Palestinians, like goods made in Jewish Settelemnts beyind the green line.
Boycotting academics does nothing but hurt academics and nothing to help those who the Israeli Government and Army are hurting.
( Text of the link: )And just as a footnote: Lest we forget that the Palestinians hurt and kill each other (Fatah and Hamas) just fine and that they (the Hamas Al-Quasam unit) provoke Israel so that the world can ignore that oh so little fact.
Open your eyes. A conflict can never be one sided, if it was it would be an assault. There is a weaker side and stronger side, but ultimately there are two sides and
both must held accountable.
In addition, the genocide in Darfur must be stopped.
וכמו כן, צריך לעצור את רצח העם בדרפור.
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