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U.S. Congress Slams British Academic Boycott of Israel

A post by Maynard

With all the nonsense going on, it's worth noting when Congress does the right thing.

The US House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday afternoon condemning a British call to boycott Israeli universities.

The measure, approved 414 to 0, urged the European Union and governments around the world to reject the call by the leadership of the University and College Union of the United Kingdom to cease cooperation with Israeli institutions.

The resolution describes the "senseless" boycott as "a dangerous assault on the principles of academic freedom and open exchange" and a move that "contributes to the deligitimization and demonization of the state of Israel."...

Anti-semitism is again becoming respectable and institutionalized in Europe. Just the other day, the 800,000 member British Transport and General Workers Union voted to join the growing roster of British trade unions demanding boycotts of Israel.

Ahead of the vote, Eric McDonald, secretary of TGWU's Birmingham branch, which proposed the boycott motion, compared Israel to Nazi Germany...

During the Second Lebanon War last August, [Barry] Camfield [who is assistant general secretary of the union] spoke at an anti-Israel demonstration in central London. To a crowd waving Hizbullah flags, Camfield said Israel deliberately targeted schools, hospitals, blocks of houses and UN observers, all while "protected by the US, supported by Britain."

This is the kind of hateful garbage we expect to hear from the barbarian backwoods of the world. It's deeply disturbing to hear it echoed in the elite institutions of the West.

Posted by Maynard · July 12, 2007 10:41 PM · Permalink
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Yeah, a professor at a University near where I live got in trouble for saying (and trying to "prove") that the holocaust never happened and allegedly (I didn't hear this part first-hand) hinted that Jewish people were somehow behind everything wrong in the world, including hunger. This trash is being said (taught) in an American university. Fortunately, students and other faculty shut this prof down. But it's scary. A friend (and also a professor) pointed out that there were holocaust deniers in the late 1960's. They were laughed at then. Now they are being looked at with academic seriousness. Again, scary.

Posted by: Tirian at July 13, 2007 12:09 PM

Good for Patrick Murphy and the House. This message had to be sent. And what the heck is the matter with the British?? Has anyone over there stood up against this garbage?? Apparently no one should count on Gordon Brown stepping up and setting the right tone. Not a good sign at all.

Posted by: Kimj7157 at July 14, 2007 10:06 AM

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