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Related: About this forumPushback for Anti-Israel Academics
At their annual meeting in Atlanta earlier this month, members of the American Historical Association voted down a factually flawed resolution condemning Israel. It was a victory that may also point the way for academic fields in the humanities to regain their lost credibility and stature on campus.
The AHA consists of faculty and graduate students who teach and study history throughout the country. Up for debate and a vote at the January meeting was a resolution condemning Israel for its conduct affecting higher education in Gaza, Israel itself, and the West Bank. For instance, the resolution claimed that Israel refuses to allow students from Gaza to travel in order to pursue higher education abroad.
Opponents marshaled evidence to prove this was untrue. Egypt, not Israel, controls the Rafah crossing that Gaza students and faculty heading toward universities abroad have used for decades. Unlike the benighted English-department faculty members from Columbia and Wesleyan universities who proposed a similar resolution two years ago, AHA historians were interested in facts. They likely knew that after Egypt closed the Rafah crossing in October 2014, Israel increased the flow of students leaving Gaza through the Erez crossing into Israel to the north, and on to Jordan for flights abroad.
But Jordan, which once issued transit visas in 10 days, now takes several months or longer because of increased security concerns about students from Gaza. The Palestinian Authority doesnt pass on requests for permits to Israel without the visa from Jordan. Fellowships and other opportunities expire as a result.
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/pushback-for-anti-israel-academics-1454022222
libodem
(19,288 posts)It's a reservation with no escape, except the sea.
King_David
(14,851 posts)The world will demand it after IS is defeated..
Israeli
(4,139 posts)Another boycott of Israel has emerged, this time from Italy: 168 academics and researchers are calling to suspend all agreements with the Technion and universities in Israel.
Itamar Eichner
Published: 01.29.16, 23:33 / Israel News
Source : http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4759523,00.html
6chars
(3,967 posts)Muslims from the humanities, like in the UK? LOL