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Israel slams 'repulsive' British academic boycott
2006-05-31
Israel has condemned a "repulsive" vote by Britain's main university lecturers' union to boycott colleges and academics unless they publicly oppose government policy in the Palestinian territories. Education Minister Yuli Tamir said Monday that the decision by members of the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) at their annual conference in Blackpool, northern England, would only serve to undermine academic independence. "The decision to boycott the academic institutions is deplorable and repulsive," said Tamir in a statement. "Whoever applies this boycott will harm academia's independence and turn it into a tool in the hands of political forces," she added.

The NATFHE vote was also criticised by the British government as a counterproductive move. "We believe that such academic boycotts are counterproductive and retrograde," said junior foreign minister Lord David Triesman in a statement issued by the British embassy in Tel Aviv.
Posted by:Fred

#36  Dear moderator, please try to control your censorship tendencies this time.

Get used to disappointment.
Posted by: Pappy   2006-05-31 23:48  

#35  So few people, yet so many advancements.

What have you guys done lately?
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-05-31 23:20  

#34  no censorship in Saudi, nosirree. How's the sheets? Hot in summer eh? Get thee behind the hijab and quiet! 7th century misogynist culture....good luck wid that!
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-31 22:51  

#33  I waded into the sinktrap, what giggles I had.

--Every civilization they have come across has humiliated them. --

And they have been rewarded for their suffering. They are productive, you are extractors.

Every civilization which has gone against them is either dying like Germany/Old Europe or a footnote in history. As so shall you be because you don't get it.

What really pisses you off is you can't understand why your glory days were 1000 years ago and they're still having theirs/contributing after 5000 years.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-05-31 21:58  

#32  If any US group tries do to the same thing, might they be prosecuted under the Anti-Arab Boycott laws?
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2006-05-31 21:43  

#31  Justice note what Christopher Hitchens had to say:

"Bin Laden forgot to consult the Talmudic sub-text. Each of the 72 virgins comes with a mother-in-law. His terrorists should have read the fine print."
Posted by: 3dc   2006-05-31 20:39  

#30  It seems that people in the West need to take more anthropology courses to develop a cross-cultural perspective.

You are lucky we do not. Else the Arabian peninsula would be a glassy parking-lot by now.
Posted by: Fordesque   2006-05-31 20:26  

#29  lmao , great thread , biggest load of gibberish the sink trap has ever produced .. Outstanding !

The magic kingdom offers such fine fruits of humanity *sarcasm*
Posted by: MacNails   2006-05-31 19:39  

#28  Cazarts! Jeeps was I wrong.
Stone cold crazy or maybe a self-hater from a lunatic sect.

TW?
Posted by: 6   2006-05-31 17:32  

#27  My comment was composed as Steve White was composing his and should not be read as a rebuke of or response to what the good Doctor had to say.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-05-31 17:09  

#26  If you're interested, visit the sink trap to see how wacked out the people over there (Saudi Arabia) really are. I would have left it up because it is so stupid as to be harmless except to expose how the author has been corrupted by his utter hatred. The guy is not having a problem with his meds, he just hates all Jews and wants to kill them. I suspect his opinion is a very clear expression of mainstream thought in the Magic Kingdom and deserves the disinfectant of sunlight.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-05-31 17:06  

#25  I also redacted you, Justice (the second time). Your comments are vile, anti-Semitic (yes, even if you yourself are an Arab, it's anti-Semitic), gutter language. Feel free to spew your hatred on some Islmaic website, or over at Daily Kos, but you don't get to do it here. We simply won't tolerate it.

AoS
Posted by: Steve White   2006-05-31 17:01  

#24  I'd suggest we put a stop to all Visas and entries from any member of such a discriminatory group. Let em rot at home, cloistered buggery fanatics
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-31 16:59  

#23  #21 I was upset that my comment was retracted by the moderator.

Angered to the point of maryterdom possibly? Focus on the virgins, Allan, porkless, infidel free environment, go for it mate!
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-05-31 16:58  

#22  wow, you really are a s*ck f*ck
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-31 16:58  

#21  I don't know, JUSTICE. That sounds like a pretty good impression of Hitler when I read it aloud shrilly.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-05-31 16:57  

#20  Oh boy!
Posted by: Chang Ominesing2659   2006-05-31 16:53  

#19  Mike - we just give them what they want, to be left alone like Garbo.

Then watch them squeal like stuck pigs and monkeys.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-05-31 16:26  

#18   I swear to Christ. God as my witness. If I ever become POTUS I am putting an end to all welfare to all the Arab states. These milking losers might have to confront reality if they had to take care of themselves instead of us taking care of them

I say let Arabia get invaded, overthrown or whatever, and then bomb it relentlessly for a few months.
Posted by: Mike N.   2006-05-31 16:21  

#17  And I should also say that there'd be billions of people less on this planet if we waited for you guys to come up w/advancements in medicine.....
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-05-31 16:20  

#16  Stand by your beliefs, JUSTICE - you and your familly shouldn't use any medical advancement that Jews had a part in.

And see how healthy you stay.....

I see they just had another advance in ID AIDS quickly.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-05-31 16:19  

#15  Stand by your beliefs, JUSTICE - you and your familly shouldn't use any medical advancement that Jews had a part in.

And see how healthy you stay.....

I see they just had another advance in ID AIDS quickly.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-05-31 16:19  

#14  A pity that his comment was deleted, I would have enjoyed thrashing him. Last year an islamist came here and I had the pleasure to mop the floor with him. I told him about the crimes of Islam (very important since all the islamist propaganda centers in presenting Muslims as victims) I told him that Allah had no obligation to help so repugnant people and that in fact he hated Muslims and that was the reason for their defeats.

He was taken completely off guard and left virtually spechless: he posted a vague threat and never came back. Who knows, perhaps he had been shaken in his beliefs?
Posted by: JFM   2006-05-31 15:36  

#13  Deleted comment very much reminiscent of Nazi party line/propoganda: right out of Der Sturmer, this was not sarcasm.
Posted by: borgboy   2006-05-31 14:48  

#12  Oh, of course.....
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-05-31 12:53  

#11  Hardcore Sarcasm?
Posted by: 6   2006-05-31 12:43  

#10  C'mon over JUSTICE. Me and Mr. Glock would like to expedite your meeting with your 72 virgins....
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-05-31 12:23  

#9  I hope this is sarcasm/second degree.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-05-31 11:25  

#8  Why is that this bunch of Nazis only care about Israel?

Because it's a fine old English tradition, JFM.
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-05-31 10:57  

#7  In the meantime antyone noticed their deafening silence about Soudan? Anyone heard them when Saddam gasssed Kurds? When Taliban slaughtered the Hazara? When Al Quaida bombs Iraqui children?

Why is that this bunch of Nazis only care about Israel?
Posted by: JFM   2006-05-31 10:00  

#6  But do the Paleos do the car swarm to "Burin' down the house"?
Posted by: DarthVader   2006-05-31 09:24  

#5  What a bunch of arseholes... as if they've got nowt better to talk about.
Posted by: Howard UK   2006-05-31 08:50  

#4  Deacon, if you're lucky, the Pali wedding might have a car swarm. Beats a DJ any day.
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-05-31 08:28  

#3  Ever been to a Jewish wedding? Good food, dancing, good wine. Ever been to a palo wedding? No dancing, OK food, No wine, but LOTS of gunfire.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2006-05-31 08:01  

#2  Do they plan on boycotting US Americians too? I can think of a lot of atheistic professors I know that don't think too highly of Palos and tend to prefer Jews given a choice.



Posted by: 3dc   2006-05-31 00:30  

#1  Nice to see anti-semitism is still alive and well in Europe. Gives me a warm fuzzy. /sarcasm
Posted by: DarthVader   2006-05-31 00:18  

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