Re: European boycott of contacts with Israeli scientists

From: Jonathan Clarke (jdac@alphalink.com.au)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 18:09:18 EDT

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    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
    > International Liaison
    > Western Galilee Hospital
    > P.O.B. 21
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