<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Israeli academe</title></head><body> <div>Aren't they a bit late???</div> <div>Is it better late than never?</div> <div>EGADS What do they think has been going on?</div> <div><br></div> <div>marta</div> <div><br></div> <div>Subject: [Actionla] Urgent warning: The Israeli government may be  contemplating crimes<br>  against humanity.</div> <div>Sender: actionla-admin@regenerationtv.net</div> <div>Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 17:13:10 -0700<br> </div> <div><font size="+1">Urgent warning: The Israeli government may be contemplating crimes<br> against humanity.<br> <br> <br> We, members of Israeli academe, are horrified by US buildup of<br> aggression towards Iraq and by the Israeli political leadership's<br> enthusiastic support for it.<br> <br> We are deeply worried by indications that the "fog of war" could be<br> exploited by the Israeli government to commit further crimes against<br> the Palestinian people, up to full-fledged ethnic cleansing.<br> <br> The Israeli ruling coalition includes parties that promote "transfer"<br> of the Palestinian population as a solution to what they call "the<br> demographic problem". Politicians are regularly quoted in the media as<br> suggesting forcible expulsion, most recently MKs Michael Kleiner and<br> Benny Elon, as reported on Yediot Ahronot website on September 19,<br> 2002. In a recent interview in Ha'aretz, Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon<br> described the Palestinians as a "cancerous manifestation" and equated<br> the military actions in the Occupied Territories with "chemotherapy",<br> suggesting that more radical "treatment" may be necessary. Prime<br> Minister Sharon has backed this "assessment of reality". Escalating<br> racist demagoguery concerning the Palestinian citizens of Israel may<br> indicate the scope of the crimes that are possibly being contemplated.<br> <br> We call upon the International Community to pay close attention to<br> events that unfold within Israel and in the Occupied Territories, to<br> make it absolutely clear that crimes against humanity will not be<br> tolerated, and to take concrete measures to prevent such crimes from<br> taking place.<br> <br> </font><font color="#800080"><b>Signatories, as of the 23 Sept 2002, morning:<br> <br> Prof. Zach Adam, Rehovot<br> Prof. Colman Altman, Haifa<br> Dr. Janina Altman, Haifa<br> Tammy Amiel-Houser, Tel Aviv<br> Chaya Amir, Tel Aviv<br> Dr. Shmuel Amir, Tel Aviv<br> Prof. Daniel Amit, Jerusalem/Rome<br> Yali Amit, Chicago<br> Dr. Meir Amor, Montreal, Canada<br> Dr. Yonathan (Jon) Anson, Beer Sheva<br> Prof. Shalom Baer, Jerusalem<br> Dan Bar-On, Beer Sheva<br> Dr. Avner Ben-Amos, Tel Aviv</b></font></div> <div><font color="#800080"><b>Prof. Matania Ben-Artzi, Jerusalem</b></font></div> <div><font color="#800080"><b>Prof. Linda Ben-Zvi, Tel Aviv</b></font></div> <div><font color="#800080"><b>Avi Berg, Tel Aviv</b></font></div> <div><font color="#800080"><b>Dr. Louise Bethlehem, Hod Hasharon</b></font></div> <div><font color="#800080"><b>Prof. Anat Bilezki, Tel Aviv</b></font></div> <div><font color="#800080"><b>Uri Bitan, Haifa</b></font></div> <div><font color="#800080"><b>Prof. Daniel Boyarin, Berkeley<br> Prof. Victoria Buch, Jerusalem<br> Smadar Carmon, Toronto<br> Dr. Nicole Cohen-Addad, Tel Aviv<br> Dr. Uri Davis, Sakhnin<br> Athena Elizabeth DeRasmo, Haifa<br> Prof. Aharon Eviatar, Tel Aviv<br> Dr. Ovadia Ezra. Tel Aviv<br> Prof. Emmanuel Farjoun, Jerusalem<br> Pnina Firestone, Jerusalem<br> Elizabeth Freund, Jerusalem<br> Gadi Geiger, Cambridge, MA, USA<br> Dr. Amira Gelblum, Tel Aviv<br> Prof. Rachel Giora, Tel Aviv<br> Dr. Anat Goldrat-First, Netanya<br> Dr. Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni, Tel Aviv<br> Dr. Neve Gordon, Beer Sheva<br> Dr. Yerah Gover, New York<br> Prof. Charles W. Greenbaum, Jerusalem<br> Dr. Lev Grinberg, Beer Sheva<br> Ran HaCohen, Tel Aviv<br> Prof. Uri Hadar, Tel Aviv<br> Prof. Galit Hasan-Rokem, Jerusalem<br> Dr. Sara Helman, Beer Sheva<br> Prof. Hanna Herzog, Tel Aviv<br> Prof. Ze'ev Herzog, Tel Aviv<br> Prof. Hannan Hever, Jerusalem<br> Dr. Tikva Honig-Parnass, Jerusalem<br> Shirly Houser, Tel Aviv<br> Tal Itzhaki, Haifa<br> Prof. Eva Jablonka, Tel Aviv<br> Andrea Jacobs, Austin, Texas<br> Dr. Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, Haifa<br> Aya Kaniuk, Jerusalem<br> Prof. Jacob Katriel, Haifa<br> Prof. Tamar Katriel, Haifa<br> Prof. Baruch Kimmerling, Jerusalem<br> Dr. Haggai Kupermintz, Boulder, Colorado<br> Dr. Ron Kuzar, Haifa<br> Dr. Ariela Lazar, Evanston<br> Prof. Micah Leshem, Haifa<br> Erez Levkovitz, Jerusalem<br> Prof. Rene Levy, Lausanne<br> Dr. Orly Lubin, Tel Aviv<br> Dr. Ruchama Marton, Tel Aviv<br> Dr. Anat Matar, Tel Aviv<br> Prof. Paul Mendes-Flohr, Jerusalem<br> Rabbi Jeremy Milgrom, Jerusalem<br> Menucha Moravitz, Ramat-Gan<br> Regev Nathansohn, Tel Aviv<br> Prof. Avraham Oz, Haifa<br> Dr. Ilan Pappe, Haifa<br> Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA<br> Shakhar Rahav, Berkeley<br> Dr. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, Beer Sheva</b></font></div> <div><font color="#800080"><b>Prof. Zvi Razi, Tel Aviv<br> Prof. Tanya Reinhart, Tel Aviv<br> Prof. Fanny-Michaela Reisin, Berlin<br> Prof. Freddie Rokem, Tel Aviv<br> Prof. Henry Rosenfeld, Haifa<br> Dr. Maya Rosenfeld, Jerusalem<br> Ouzi Rotem, Philadelphia<br> Dr. Hannah Safran, Haifa<br> Tami Sarfatti, UCLA<br> Dr. Nita Schechet, Jerusalem<br> Hillel Schocken, Tel Aviv<br> Ruben Seroussi, Tel Aviv<br> Dr. Erella Shadmi,Beit Berl<br> Prof. Nomi Shir, Beer Sheva<br> Dr. Miriam Shlesinger, Tel Aviv<br> Aharon Shabtai, Tel Aviv<br> Orly Soker, Sapir-Jerusalem<br> Nurit Steinfeld, Jerusalem<br> Roman Vater, Tel Aviv<br> Dr. Roy Wagner, Tel-Aviv<br> Dr. Michael Yogev, Haifa<br> Kim Yuval, Tel Aviv<br> Prof. Moshe Zimmermann, Jerusalem<br> Michal Zweig, Herzelia<br> </b></font></div> <div><font color="#800080"><b>--</b></font></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div>Marta Russell<br> Los Angeles, CA<br> http://www.disweb.org</div> </body> </html>