The Academic Boycott of Israel continues to gather steam. More than one hundred senior scholars of the Middle East have signed an open letter calling for the boycott of Israeli academic institutions. The letter’s organizers referred to the list of signatories — which includes many of the world’s best-known scholars of the history, literature, anthropology and politics of the Middle East — as an “unprecedented expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people.” While directly responding to the most recent Israeli attacks on Gaza, which have left thousands of civilians dead, injured and homeless, the letter also cites as reasons for their boycott call: “the occupation and dispossession in East Jerusalem, the Naqab (Negev), and the West Bank; the construction of walls and fences around the Palestinian population, the curtailment of Palestinian freedom of movement and education, and the house demolitions. The announcement adds that these violations have “long histories and no apparent end in sight.” #BDS
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:37:27 +0000
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