Complicity of Israeli Academia
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Reuven Pedatzur | Haaretz | 24 February 2004 In France, it took four decades after the withdrawal from Algeria before the old soldiers and men of letters began to bravely and sincerely question actions of the French army during its attempts to put down the Algerian revolt. The process yielded quite a few publications, including many admissions of immoral actions that led to the unnecessary deaths of thousands of innocent Algerians and to prolonged feelings of victimization in the civil population.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Israel National News | 6 March 2003 Note: Dr. Yuval Steinitz is a member of Professors for Strong Israel (http://www.professors.org.il/), a racist, pro-settlements academic group. Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Yuval Shteinitz, told Arutz-7 today that he agrees with the Cabinet decision made last night not to do anything and to essentially wait until after the Iraqi war: Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Yuval Shteinitz, a resident of Haifa, told Arutz-7 today that he agrees with the decision made last night not to do anything and to essentially wait until after the Iraqi war: "
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Israel National News | 26 March 2003 Prime Minister Sharon's office has given a cold shoulder to a new plan by National Security Council chief Ephraim HaLevy for a plan to recognize a Palestinian state in exchange for the waiving of the “Right of Return” claim. The head of the National Security Council, former Mossad chief Ephraim HaLevy, has proposed a plan for Israel to recognize and support the establishment of a Palestinian state - provided that the Arabs waive their claim to a “Right of Return” for Arab refugees of 1948 and their descendants.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Israel National News | 1 September 2003 Yesterday evening (Sunday), a new neighborhood of Kedumim, Mitzpeh Yishai, was dedicated. As reported by Arutz-7 on Friday, the neighborhood has thirty housing units already occupied, another 70 are under construction, and yet another 400 are in the planning stages. As more than 600 people celebrated the new neighborhood, several dozen left-wing activists arrived at the Shomron community to protest the continued presence of Jewish towns in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, as well as the unceasing growth in those communities.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) JPOST.COM STAFF | Jerusalem Post | 31 December 2003 A pro-settlement group called the Professors for a Strong Israel petitioned the High Court against evacuation orders of four illegal outposts. The petitioners claim that the orders are illegal and infringe on their basic civil rights. They also claim that settlers have not received sufficient time to prove ownership of the land, and have requested the court issue holding orders against the evacuation.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Israel National News | 6 January 2004 "Professors for a Strong Israel" has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the orders to uproot unauthorized outposts in Yesha (Judea and Samaria). The orders were decided upon by Prime Minister Sharon and Defense Minister Mofaz, and the petition will be heard this Monday. "Professors for a Strong Israel" has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the orders to uproot unauthorized outposts in Yesha (Judea and Samaria).
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Professor Arieh Zaritsky | Freeman Center | 23 December 2003 "Academic Freedom" and "Truth" are the most important aspects of life in higher learning institutions, where civilization is preserved and progresses. Indeed, I cherish these values and exercised them during the first 20 years of service at Ben-Gurion University. Then, when the Oslo era hit us, all this has changed completely. Many of us, who opposed the so-called "
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Joseph Massad | Al-Ahram Weekly | 19-24 February 2004 A crucial goal of Zionism since its inception was to transform European (and later other) Jews into European Christians culturally, while continuing to call them Jews. Joseph Massad* steps into the Benny Morris debate In his recent interview with the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz Benny Morris's tone was full of exhilaration, the kind of exhilaration of someone who is finally liberated from societal constraints that forced him to be dishonest, or at least untrue to himself and his audience.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Gabriel Ash | YellowTimes | 24 January 2004 Israeli historian Benny Morris crossed a new line of shame when he put his academic credentials and respectability in the service of outlining the "moral" justification for a future genocide against Palestinians. Benny Morris is the Israeli historian most responsible for the vindication of the Palestinian narrative of 1948. The lives of about 700,000 people were shattered as they were driven from their homes by the Jewish militia (and, later, the Israeli army) between December 1947 and early 1950.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Palestinian Child Rights Coalition | Email circular | 17 October 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: DCI/PS To: dcipal@palnet.com Cc: jihad@shabaka.net ; pngonet@p-ol.com ; ayed@dci-pal.org Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 1:58 PM Subject: Re: Tel Aviv Conference on Child Protection 17 October 2002 Dear all, We are writing on behalf of the Palestinian Child Rights Coalition (PCRC) to urge you to strongly reconsider your participation in the upcoming conference "