Oppression is not a point of view
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) BBC News | 29 May 2007 Academics are being urged to reject calls from colleagues for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. The University and Colleges Union is debating a motion that academics should consider the “moral implications” of links with Israeli universities. The proposal condemns Israel for its “denial of educational rights” for
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Charlotte Halle | Haaretz | 17 May 2007 Prof. Miriam Shlesinger, the translation scholar from Bar-Ilan University who was fired from the board of a British journal for being Israeli, sees herself as one of the lucky ones. “At least I had the luxury of knowing why I was being boycotted,” she says, recalling
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Charlotte Halle | Haaretz | 4 May 2007 A delegation of Israeli academics will head to the U.K. later this month in a bid to fight a proposed boycott of Israeli universities by British academics. Seven academics from six Israeli universities plan to meet with members of the 120,000-strong union ahead of its vote
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) James Bowen | Haaretz | 13 April 2007 In the late 19th century, changes in Ottoman law created a new class of large landholders, including the Sursuq family from Beirut, which acquired large tracts in northern Palestine. A similar situation had long existed in Ireland, where most land was controlled by absentee landlords, many
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