Comments on: Mr T.hickey & The Israeli Boycott http://moon23.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mr-thickey-the-israeli-boycott/ Civil Rights-Politics-ID Cards,-Walking-Morris Dancing-Philosophy-Pseudo-Philosophy/Mumbo Jumbo. Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:47:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Hickey’s boycott plans in ruins. « Disillusioned Discordian http://moon23.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mr-thickey-the-israeli-boycott/#comment-371 Hickey’s boycott plans in ruins. « Disillusioned Discordian Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:12:53 +0000 http://moon23.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mr-thickey-the-israeli-boycott/#comment-371 [...] that sought to discriminate against Israeli scholars because of the actions of their state (see earlier post). There are countless states throughout the world that commit Human Rights violations and grave [...] [...] that sought to discriminate against Israeli scholars because of the actions of their state (see earlier post). There are countless states throughout the world that commit Human Rights violations and grave [...]

]]> By: moon23 http://moon23.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mr-thickey-the-israeli-boycott/#comment-17 moon23 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:45:15 +0000 http://moon23.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mr-thickey-the-israeli-boycott/#comment-17 Academics wouldn't really speak to each other much if they all boycotted countries with records of human rights abuses. I don't see any moves to boycott Iranian academics over their holocaust denial conferences, or Chinese academics over human rights abuses or Russia over the war on Chechen republic. If you are going to boycott on basis of principle then you can’t selectively choose. The point is really that the left in this country is so determined to diametrically oppose Bush and his Zionist friends that it happy to paint the conflict as a black and white issue. That kind of thinking doesn’t lead to conflict resolution. Academics wouldn’t really speak to each other much if they all boycotted countries with records of human rights abuses. I don’t see any moves to boycott Iranian academics over their holocaust denial conferences, or Chinese academics over human rights abuses or Russia over the war on Chechen republic. If you are going to boycott on basis of principle then you can’t selectively choose. The point is really that the left in this country is so determined to diametrically oppose Bush and his Zionist friends that it happy to paint the conflict as a black and white issue. That kind of thinking doesn’t lead to conflict resolution.

]]> By: Geeklawyer http://moon23.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mr-thickey-the-israeli-boycott/#comment-16 Geeklawyer Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:16:49 +0000 http://moon23.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mr-thickey-the-israeli-boycott/#comment-16 I'm going to side with Tom Hickey here (sorry!). Yes it may be unfair on the few liberal and reasonable Israeli academics, but they are a part of the Israeli state: funded and supported by them and lending their credibility and intellectual impramateur to the regime. The same 'engagement' argument was raised by the right-wing in the '80s to say that we shouldn't ban cricket tours to South Africa because cricket clubs there were fighting apartheid. As for Dershowitz this is just sabre rattling from an American Jewish Israeli apologist: these vermin are the historical source and cause of the problems in the Middle East. There is no legal basis for litigation and no prospect of 'ruin'. Dershowitz misunderstands the UK legal system and assumes it is the same as the US one. I’m going to side with Tom Hickey here (sorry!). Yes it may be unfair on the few liberal and reasonable Israeli academics, but they are a part of the Israeli state: funded and supported by them and lending their credibility and intellectual impramateur to the regime. The same ‘engagement’ argument was raised by the right-wing in the ’80s to say that we shouldn’t ban cricket tours to South Africa because cricket clubs there were fighting apartheid.

As for Dershowitz this is just sabre rattling from an American Jewish Israeli apologist: these vermin are the historical source and cause of the problems in the Middle East. There is no legal basis for litigation and no prospect of ‘ruin’. Dershowitz misunderstands the UK legal system and assumes it is the same as the US one.

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