| Submit your comments on this article |
| Britain |
| Followup on Oxford Prof’s Antisemitism - Univ. Apologizes |
| 2003-06-30 |
| Oxford University on Saturday issued a statement apologizing for the behavior of one of its professors, who told an Israeli candidate for an internship that he refused to employ those who have served in the Israel Defense Forces. Professor Andrew Wilkie from Oxford University's School of Molecular Medicine sent Amit Duvshani, who recently completed his graduate degree in biology at Tel Aviv University, an e-mail, in which he accused Israel of "gross infringements of the Palestinians' human rights, simply because they want to live in their own land." He added that he is not the only British scientist with similar views. The university said that "under no circumstances can we tolerate behavior that discriminates - or appears to discriminate - against a person because of his nationality or ethnic background." Fine, now fire his ass - if not for his views, at least for the damage done to the university's reputation? I'm sure he has a clause like that in his employment contract |
| Posted by:Frank G |