Israel School Opens Daniel Pearl Journalism Center

[King_David]

HERZLIYA, Israel April 17, 2013 (AP)







An Israeli college has established a journalism center named for a Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and killed in Pakistan.

The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya launched the Daniel Pearl International Journalism Institute on Wednesday.

Pearl was on his way to an interview in Pakistan in 2002 when he was abducted and later beheaded. His last words were, "I am Jewish."

Pearl's widow, Mariane, wrote a memoir that was turned into a movie starring Angelina Jolie.

The institute aims to advance quality journalism in the Middle East and promote balanced reporting from the region. It will offer fellowships to outstanding journalists and immersion programs for visiting reporters.

Pearl's father, Judea, said he hoped the institute would be a "towering contribution to Danny's legacy, his life, his mission and his dreams."


http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-school-opens-daniel-pearl-journalism-center-18978330#.UW8GNr5zaUk

[cali]

1. good. Daniel Pearl was an admirable reporter

[oberliner]

3. The BDS movement has called for a boycott

The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya (IDC) is in itself an institution complicit in Israel’s violations of international law and human rights. It is a private university with strong ties to the Israeli military intelligence community. It expresses pride in its links with the Israeli army, despite the army's role in enforcing the unlawful occupation and a brutal siege on the Gaza Strip. Representatives of Israel's most profitable arms manufacturers frequently sit on the IDC's management committee, while 10 percent of its student admittance is reserved for veterans of elite combat units in the Israeli army. Also, each year the IDC hosts the Herzliya security conference, attracting Israel's political, military and business elite, as well as foreign guests.

http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=2011

[LeftishBrit]

2. A fitting memorial.