A boycotts sounds like a good idea.
Jon
Preston Garrison wrote:
> Group,
>
> I received this message and thought that some of you might want to
> respond to this. The lead editorial in Nature today also condemns
> this European scientific boycott of Israel.
>
> Preston G.
> -----------
>
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:43:26 -0500
> From: "Jenkinson, Christopher P" <JENKINSONC@uthscsa.edu>
> Subject: Protest against call for European boycott of academic and
> cultural ties with Israel
> To:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> This is a legitimate issue of academic freedom. I urge you to stand
> up and be counted.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Chris Jenkinson, PhD.
>
> From: Judith Jochnowitz -International Liaison jochnj@naharia.health.gov.il
> Subject: Protest against call for European boycott of academic and
> cultural ties with Israel
>
> Dear Colleague
>
> As you know, a petition to boycott all academic and cultural
>
> relations with Israel was initiated in Europe. Irrespective of political
>
> views, blocking publications of Israeli scientists just because they are
>
> Israeli is unheard of. Such a boycott has nothing to do with freedom of
>
> speech. It has to do with pushing politics into the academia as well as
>
> mixing political views and arguments with academic affairs.
>
> I think that if our faculty will not be able publish, for example in
>
> first class journals, or denied access to conferences (let alone not be
>
> invited as speakers) or Israeli proposals refused to be refereed (as has
>
> already happened) or scientist will refrain from visiting us here (as has
>
> already happened) we all will be damaged professionally and the academic
>
> life that we cherish so much will be damaged forever.
>
> A counter petition to the above can be joined. This is the site for
>
> joining our petition:
>
> <http://www7.huji.ac.il/euroisrael2002/>
>
> Protest against call for European boycott
>
> of academic and cultural ties with Israel
>
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> Judith Jochnowitz
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