A Petition on Behalf of Professor Ilan Pappe

[Mark Pavlick]

>
>From:  Naruri at aol.com
>Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 08:42:42 EDT
>To: Naruri at aol.com
>Subject: A Petition on Behalf of Professor Ilan Pappe
>
>
>
>Dear friends
>
>  I am circulating the information below on behalf of a group of international
>scholars and academics, which is sending a letter to the president of Haifa
>University in support of Ilan Pappe.
>
>  The letter is pasted at the end of this message (for your information, it
>has been established that this action is welcome by the parties concerned).
>
>  If you have academic connections and would like to sign this letter, or
>circulate it to academics on your list, please do so and send your name,
>title and affiliation to Professor Irene Gendzier at <A 
>HREF="mailto:gendzier at bu.edu">gendzier at bu.edu</A>
>
>  Irene needs the names by Sunday because they intend to send the letter on
>Monday.
>
>Best,
>Naseer
>
>
>To the President of Haifa University:
>
>  We, the undersigned, are writing to you on behalf of Ilan Pappe, Professor
>of Middle East history.  We have learned that Professor Pappe faces an
>impending hearing at Haifa University that risks his possible expulsion from
>that institution in a case that involves blatant censorship and the violation
>of academic freedom.
>
>  Professor Pappe is an internationally renowned scholar, recognized for his
>integrity, his commitment to the highest standards of historical scholarship,
>and his moral conscience.  His research on the Israeli-Palestinian question,
>along with that of some other Israeli and Palestinian scholars, has marked a
>turning point in the historiography of the conflict.
>
>  We support Professor Pappe's courage as a scholar.  We endorse his
>unapologetic stand on behalf of academic freedom.  We commend his efforts in
>demanding the same in the case of Teddy Katz of Haifa University, whose
>denunciation as a result of his research findings by the University and the
>Israeli legal system, raises questions about the independence of Israel's
>academic institutions.
>
>  As members of an international scholarly community, we fully support
>Professor Pappe's right to continue his academic work in a free and open
>environment, and reject any attempt to prosecute Dr. Pappe or any other
>member of the academic community for the political positions they may hold.
>We demand that all measures begun by Haifa University with the view to punish
>Dr Pappe for his critical academic work and political advocacy cease
>immediately.

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