> Of course, one difference between that and an Israeli boycott is that
> in SA, there was a righteous mass movement calling for it. There's no
> comparable force in Israel, is there?
>
> Doug
But there is movement in Palestine calling for it. Shouldn't that count?
I would agree wholeheartedly that it is wrong to boycott Israeli nationals living abroad, but I cannot see the difference between boycotting Israeli academic institutions and boycotting any other area of the Israeli economy. I don't see why universities should be exempt on the basis of some notion that they are ostensibly places of high learning and humanism. At any rate, I don't think I would waste much time with the finer points of this argument, which is bound to generate acrimonious accusations of personal bias. Israel requires sanctions, not boycotts. Or at least it requires that we stop supporting and inciting them.
Thiago Oppermann
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