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Canadian union seeks to ban Israeli academics
2009-01-09
A Canadian union is seeking a boycott on Israeli academics speaking, teaching or doing research work at Ontario universities as a protest against the Dec. 29 bombing of the Islamic University in Gaza.

Sid Ryan, president of the Ontario section of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), is calling for universities to ban Israeli academics from Canadian campuses unless they first denounce Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.

" We are ready to say Israeli academics should not be on our campuses unless they explicitly condemn the university bombing and the assault on Gaza in general "
Sid Ryan
An Israeli raid had destroyed a science building at the Islamic University in Gaza - a centre of support for the Islamist Hamas group that controls the narrow coastal strip. Many top Hamas officials graduated from there.

The call for the ban followed the national president of CUPE Paul Moist's letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in which he slammed the federal government's support for the Israeli war on Gaza.

Sid Ryan along with other union leaders, rallied against "the Israeli apartheid government" in Toronto and announced that CUPE would bring a resolution to its annual conference supporting the ban on Israeli scholars.
Posted by:Fred

#3  "is calling for universities to ban Israeli academics from Canadian campuses unless they first denounce Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza."

So your academic credentials are dependent upon your political position. Fine. Have the government require that all academics first denounce the Liberal party else they will be barred for government funding. See how they like a taste of their own medicine.
Posted by: crosspatch   2009-01-09 18:20  

#2  Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.

Sorta overlook that multi-year war Hamas has waged to [in their own words] destroy Israel. It's not that these people are stupid, they're just on the other side.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-01-09 08:24  

#1  That's one way to deal with competition.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-01-09 02:20  

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