[Al Arabiya Latest] A group of professors in Norway have called for a boycott of Israeli academics because of "systematic" discrimination against Palestinian students and for altering history to develop the Zionist ideology, the professors said in their proposal sent to Al Arabiya on Tuesday.
| Because the Arab nations currently have such a robust academic exchange program with Israel. Posturing asses all. |
| You've never, ever seen the Paleos alter history. They do alter maps, however ... |
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), where the professors work, is set to decide next week whether to boycott Israel after it received the proposal from 30 of its professors who said their aim was to put "pressure" on Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian land.
| Norway... isn't that where Hansel and Gretel used to live before they emigrated? |
"We, who have signed this letter, believe that it is time that academic institutions contributed to an international pressure against Israel so that real negotiations between Israel, democratically elected Palestinian authorities and the international society can begin," the open letter said.
| I suspect Israeli politicians routinely have more degrees from better institutions than this particular collection of Norwegian science and technology professors. Many Israeli taxi drivers as well, given how many used to be Soviet physicists and engineers. So the impact isn't likely to be quite what the good professors hope. |
The group accused Israeli universities and institutions of higher education of playing "a key role in the policy of oppression" and said "historians and archaeologists are important in the development of the Zionist ideology and renouncement of Palestinian history and identity."
The letter cited Israel's 22-day land, air and sea assault of Gaza as an example of Tel Aviv's actions that inflict "immense human suffering," which they said "shocked the world." |