tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7769014608405032519.post5458219129495977609..comments2023-10-13T15:24:39.543-07:00Comments on Pro-Israel Bay Bloggers: Via Camera: Statements from Universities That Withdrew from the ASADustyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06824185664523568683noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7769014608405032519.post-56106803855905490302013-12-28T10:35:43.259-08:002013-12-28T10:35:43.259-08:00The message here should be loud and clear: These A...The message here should be loud and clear: These ASA folks would be the first to scream academic freedom when they don't get their way. Yet they would deny that same academic freedom to academics and universities in Israel. In addition, we don't see them passing resolutions to boycott universities and academics in places like Iran, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, China, or dozens of other countries where human rights don't exist. Only Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, the only nation that protects religious minority rights. Why is that?<br /><br />"We have to start someplace," is the answer of ASA President Professor Curtis Marez of UC San Diego. How disingenuous. No, it is because the entire boycott effort against the Jewish state is well-orchestrated by Palestinian activists and their operatives on university campuses all over North America (including Canada). Why do you think that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the number one issue of contention on campuses everywhere? The various Muslim Student Associations and their sister group, Students for Justice in Palestine, work very hard to ensure that, much to the annoyance of the vast majority of students on campus, most of whom won't speak out lest they be accused of being "Islamophobic Zionists" or some such rot.<br /><br />So kudos to the universities who are standing up and telling the ASA that they can pass all the resolutions they want. It's not going to change a thing. It's just a lot of noise, much like the cheering of the Wrigley Field bleacher bums.Gary Fousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.com