Boycott Israel

[Phoenall]

For UNWRA like the rest of the palestinian scroungers, and the US will be expected to pay their wages

 

[Phoenall]

Tinmore, is this the information you are privy to? What a useless, destructive move this is for the Palestinian people.


According to an article published by the Israeli website Walla Jan. 15, Levy had announced his plan to build a shopping mall — which is currently under construction — to promote Israeli-Palestinian coexistence in Jerusalem by attracting Palestinian businessmen to buy or lease shops in the mall, Palestinian customers and Israelis living in nearby settlements. Levy’s plan sparked an angry reaction from many Palestinians.

The mall is being built in the Qalandiya industrial area, Atarot, which lies north of Jerusalem, just meters from Faisal al-Husseini International Stadium, the home of the Palestinian national football team. This area is classified as Area C and the industrial zone is considered a settlement area. Palestinians living in Jerusalem as well as residents of Ramallah and the surrounding villages are allowed access to this area, as the mall is located at its entrance.

On July 2, the Palestinian Consumer Protection Society threatened to reveal the names of the Palestinian companies that sought partnership with Levy, put them on the Palestinian blacklist, boycott them and urge the Palestinian Chamber of Commerce to freeze their memberships.

The general coordinator of the BDS movement, Mahmoud Nawajaa, told Al-Monitor that the movement is ready to launch an open campaign against the Palestinian parties that plan to team up with Levy.



Read more: BDS movement targets Palestinian investors in West Bank mall

Why should the Israelis get to build assets in Palestine while the Palestinians get theirs bulldozed.

That is not answering my question about whether this was one of the plans you are privy to. I wonder if Tinmore has reserved an apartment for himself in this new Palestinian development in the West Bank. If so, I hope he send the forum pictures of his new apartment and the surroundings.

A New Community Rises In The West Bank ... And It's Not Israeli

Interesting. This project has been ongoing for years.

Question: Where are these people going to work?

At one of Trump's shirt factories. Then they,ll pay taxes which will be used to build a wall.

No, seriously.

A few years ago there was a big campaign to revitalize downtown. It was coined the "jobs and housing project." It sounded good. A place to live and work to bring more people into the city.

The devil was in the details. The jobs would be in the $15,000 to $30,000 bracket. The housing would be for people earning $100,000 and up.

The people who planned this project claimed to be intelligent.

That was the reason for my question.

Which is usually how these things are done, then the more affordable housing is built for those employed in the vicinity. Seems that you are not intelligent enough to realise that attracting palestinians in the $100,000 salary bracket proves that they are not as badly done to as you claim, and could go it alone today if they wanted. Another foot in mouth moment for tinny

 

[P F Tinmore]

The academic boycott of Israel is 100% justified.

European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.Summary of FindingsThe delegation was unable to visit all of Palestine’s institutions of higher education, and in particular it was prevented from visiting Gaza’s universities by the Israeli blockade. However, it found a consistent pattern across all the universities that it visited, and by their systemic nature it is reasonable to assume that this pattern applies to all of them.This pattern was of a coherent and multi-faceted policy of Israeli interference with the normal functioning of academic life. This interference inhibits free movement of staff and students ; reduces academic effectiveness and productivity by the usurpation of staff time through mobility restrictions and imposed bureaucratic obstacles ; prevents effective collaboration and sharing of intellectual resources between Palestinian universities ; obstructs international visits to Palestinian universities ; substantially prevents the employment of teaching staff from abroad ; interrupts the supply of equipment, materials and books ; and subjects staff and students to repeated humiliations and indignity.

Obstacles to travel into and out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)For universities to function effectively, faculty must be free to travel abroad to attend conferences, undertake research, upgrade their qualifications and maintain contacts with scholars abroad. To ensure the circulation of knowledge, they must also be able to receive visits from foreign academics and scholars and enable their students to participate in exchanges. Palestinian universities report that Israel systematically obstructs all such activities.

Palestinian Universities under Occupation​

 

[SAYIT]

According to an article published by the Israeli website Walla Jan. 15, Levy had announced his plan to build a shopping mall — which is currently under construction — to promote Israeli-Palestinian coexistence in Jerusalem by attracting Palestinian businessmen to buy or lease shops in the mall, Palestinian customers and Israelis living in nearby settlements. Levy’s plan sparked an angry reaction from many Palestinians...

On July 2, the Palestinian Consumer Protection Society threatened to reveal the names of the Palestinian companies that sought partnership with Levy, put them on the Palestinian blacklist, boycott them and urge the Palestinian Chamber of Commerce to freeze their memberships.

The general coordinator of the BDS movement, Mahmoud Nawajaa, told Al-Monitor that the movement is ready to launch an open campaign against the Palestinian parties that plan to team up with Levy.

Read more: BDS movement targets Palestinian investors in West Bank mall

Instead of you wasting your time pulling up videos year after year that probably very few here view, why don't you attempt to get exposure for the high tech industry in the West Bank. Many talented Palestinians who could make a nice salary to enable them to afford the rents in the new city if only you convince the outside world to use their talents.

Sam Husseini runs LionHeart, a company that operates a training program with an Israeli partner to teach Palestinian entrepreneurs marketing skills. Two chief executives — Husni Abu Samrah ofMobiStine, a start-up that designs health care applications in Arabic, and Saeed Zeidan of Ultimit, which develops software and does consulting work — each said they learned a lot from the training program, especially about what the industry still needs to thrive.

“The main thing is exposure,” Mr. Zeidan said. “We do not have exposure for the international market.”

It's a double edged blade. Exposure is needed to make any business thrive but getting that exposure in "Palestine" comes with serious risk to life and limb.

The problem with attempting to get exposure for the high tech industry in the WB is that any effort to improve the lives of Palestinians - regardless of who makes the attempt - is viewed by regressive Arab/Muslim forces as a potential threat to the willing and eager pool of "martyrs for the cause" ... the cause of killing Joooos.

 

[SAYIT]

... Of course it isn't easy. Israel always has its big fat nose in Palestine's business. I was watching a video where two women were explaining the problems they had getting into the West Bank. There were some software engineers from Europe who were trying to get into the West Bank because they were scheduled to teach classes at Birzeit University. Israel would not allow them in.

Israel always whines about BDS attacking the academic freedom of Israel while Israel is always fucking with the Palestinian's academic freedom.

The palestinians only have themselves to blame for this, if they stopped the violence and terrorist attacks they would find their life a lot easier. Violence only begets violence and the palestinians will lose every time. Ever thought it could be morons like you constantly inciting the palestinians to attack the Jews that are the root cause of the problems ?

Indeed there has never been a shortage of armchair TinHorns eager to sacrifice every last "Palestinian" as long as they take some Jooos with 'em.

I have in recent years seen some push-back from the "martyr brigade" against those "brave" armchair warriors.

I believe the jig is just about up.

 

[P F Tinmore]

BDS on steroids.

Rania Masri speaks to the Community Church of Chapel Hill, NC.

 

[Phoenall]

The academic boycott of Israel is 100% justified.

European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.Summary of FindingsThe delegation was unable to visit all of Palestine’s institutions of higher education, and in particular it was prevented from visiting Gaza’s universities by the Israeli blockade. However, it found a consistent pattern across all the universities that it visited, and by their systemic nature it is reasonable to assume that this pattern applies to all of them.This pattern was of a coherent and multi-faceted policy of Israeli interference with the normal functioning of academic life. This interference inhibits free movement of staff and students ; reduces academic effectiveness and productivity by the usurpation of staff time through mobility restrictions and imposed bureaucratic obstacles ; prevents effective collaboration and sharing of intellectual resources between Palestinian universities ; obstructs international visits to Palestinian universities ; substantially prevents the employment of teaching staff from abroad ; interrupts the supply of equipment, materials and books ; and subjects staff and students to repeated humiliations and indignity.

Obstacles to travel into and out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)For universities to function effectively, faculty must be free to travel abroad to attend conferences, undertake research, upgrade their qualifications and maintain contacts with scholars abroad. To ensure the circulation of knowledge, they must also be able to receive visits from foreign academics and scholars and enable their students to participate in exchanges. Palestinian universities report that Israel systematically obstructs all such activities.

Palestinian Universities under Occupation​

Extremists will always attract other extemists, and they will in turn attract morons who will believe what they saw blindly.

The travel restrictions are valid under international law, attacking unarmed Jews is not

 

[P F Tinmore]

The academic boycott of Israel is 100% justified.

European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.Summary of FindingsThe delegation was unable to visit all of Palestine’s institutions of higher education, and in particular it was prevented from visiting Gaza’s universities by the Israeli blockade. However, it found a consistent pattern across all the universities that it visited, and by their systemic nature it is reasonable to assume that this pattern applies to all of them.This pattern was of a coherent and multi-faceted policy of Israeli interference with the normal functioning of academic life. This interference inhibits free movement of staff and students ; reduces academic effectiveness and productivity by the usurpation of staff time through mobility restrictions and imposed bureaucratic obstacles ; prevents effective collaboration and sharing of intellectual resources between Palestinian universities ; obstructs international visits to Palestinian universities ; substantially prevents the employment of teaching staff from abroad ; interrupts the supply of equipment, materials and books ; and subjects staff and students to repeated humiliations and indignity.

Obstacles to travel into and out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)For universities to function effectively, faculty must be free to travel abroad to attend conferences, undertake research, upgrade their qualifications and maintain contacts with scholars abroad. To ensure the circulation of knowledge, they must also be able to receive visits from foreign academics and scholars and enable their students to participate in exchanges. Palestinian universities report that Israel systematically obstructs all such activities.

Palestinian Universities under Occupation​

Extremists will always attract other extemists, and they will in turn attract morons who will believe what they saw blindly.

The travel restrictions are valid under international law, attacking unarmed Jews is not

Sour grapes because BDS is a multi million dollar thorn in Israel's side.

I say cut Israel off and let them whine.

 

[Hollie]

The academic boycott of Israel is 100% justified.

European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.Summary of FindingsThe delegation was unable to visit all of Palestine’s institutions of higher education, and in particular it was prevented from visiting Gaza’s universities by the Israeli blockade. However, it found a consistent pattern across all the universities that it visited, and by their systemic nature it is reasonable to assume that this pattern applies to all of them.This pattern was of a coherent and multi-faceted policy of Israeli interference with the normal functioning of academic life. This interference inhibits free movement of staff and students ; reduces academic effectiveness and productivity by the usurpation of staff time through mobility restrictions and imposed bureaucratic obstacles ; prevents effective collaboration and sharing of intellectual resources between Palestinian universities ; obstructs international visits to Palestinian universities ; substantially prevents the employment of teaching staff from abroad ; interrupts the supply of equipment, materials and books ; and subjects staff and students to repeated humiliations and indignity.

Obstacles to travel into and out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)For universities to function effectively, faculty must be free to travel abroad to attend conferences, undertake research, upgrade their qualifications and maintain contacts with scholars abroad. To ensure the circulation of knowledge, they must also be able to receive visits from foreign academics and scholars and enable their students to participate in exchanges. Palestinian universities report that Israel systematically obstructs all such activities.

Palestinian Universities under Occupation​

Extremists will always attract other extemists, and they will in turn attract morons who will believe what they saw blindly.

The travel restrictions are valid under international law, attacking unarmed Jews is not

Sour grapes because BDS is a multi million dollar thorn in Israel's side.

I say cut Israel off and let them whine.

But, you're obviously fine with the Arab-Moslem terrorist welfare fraud program, UNRWA, that furthers and maintains the invented "Pal'istanians".

 

[Phoenall]

The academic boycott of Israel is 100% justified.

European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.Summary of FindingsThe delegation was unable to visit all of Palestine’s institutions of higher education, and in particular it was prevented from visiting Gaza’s universities by the Israeli blockade. However, it found a consistent pattern across all the universities that it visited, and by their systemic nature it is reasonable to assume that this pattern applies to all of them.This pattern was of a coherent and multi-faceted policy of Israeli interference with the normal functioning of academic life. This interference inhibits free movement of staff and students ; reduces academic effectiveness and productivity by the usurpation of staff time through mobility restrictions and imposed bureaucratic obstacles ; prevents effective collaboration and sharing of intellectual resources between Palestinian universities ; obstructs international visits to Palestinian universities ; substantially prevents the employment of teaching staff from abroad ; interrupts the supply of equipment, materials and books ; and subjects staff and students to repeated humiliations and indignity.

Obstacles to travel into and out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)For universities to function effectively, faculty must be free to travel abroad to attend conferences, undertake research, upgrade their qualifications and maintain contacts with scholars abroad. To ensure the circulation of knowledge, they must also be able to receive visits from foreign academics and scholars and enable their students to participate in exchanges. Palestinian universities report that Israel systematically obstructs all such activities.

Palestinian Universities under Occupation​

Extremists will always attract other extemists, and they will in turn attract morons who will believe what they saw blindly.

The travel restrictions are valid under international law, attacking unarmed Jews is not

Sour grapes because BDS is a multi million dollar thorn in Israel's side.

I say cut Israel off and let them whine.

Only to the palstinians who suffer so much that they have banned the movement.

Do so but dont whine when your taxes rise to help pay for the increased unemployment, then watch your credit rating drop to -zzz. Then watch as Americans die through lack of proper medical care because you hate the Jews so much that you wont have any of their goods in the USA.


YOU WOULD SUFFER MUCH MORE THAN ISRAEL EVER WOULD AS THE RECESION BIT AND YOUR PORTFOLIO SHRSHRANK TO NOTHING

 

[P F Tinmore]

The academic boycott of Israel is 100% justified.

European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.Summary of FindingsThe delegation was unable to visit all of Palestine’s institutions of higher education, and in particular it was prevented from visiting Gaza’s universities by the Israeli blockade. However, it found a consistent pattern across all the universities that it visited, and by their systemic nature it is reasonable to assume that this pattern applies to all of them.This pattern was of a coherent and multi-faceted policy of Israeli interference with the normal functioning of academic life. This interference inhibits free movement of staff and students ; reduces academic effectiveness and productivity by the usurpation of staff time through mobility restrictions and imposed bureaucratic obstacles ; prevents effective collaboration and sharing of intellectual resources between Palestinian universities ; obstructs international visits to Palestinian universities ; substantially prevents the employment of teaching staff from abroad ; interrupts the supply of equipment, materials and books ; and subjects staff and students to repeated humiliations and indignity.

Obstacles to travel into and out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)For universities to function effectively, faculty must be free to travel abroad to attend conferences, undertake research, upgrade their qualifications and maintain contacts with scholars abroad. To ensure the circulation of knowledge, they must also be able to receive visits from foreign academics and scholars and enable their students to participate in exchanges. Palestinian universities report that Israel systematically obstructs all such activities.

Palestinian Universities under Occupation​

Extremists will always attract other extemists, and they will in turn attract morons who will believe what they saw blindly.

The travel restrictions are valid under international law, attacking unarmed Jews is not

Sour grapes because BDS is a multi million dollar thorn in Israel's side.

I say cut Israel off and let them whine.

Only to the palstinians who suffer so much that they have banned the movement.

Do so but dont whine when your taxes rise to help pay for the increased unemployment, then watch your credit rating drop to -zzz. Then watch as Americans die through lack of proper medical care because you hate the Jews so much that you wont have any of their goods in the USA.


YOU WOULD SUFFER MUCH MORE THAN ISRAEL EVER WOULD AS THE RECESION BIT AND YOUR PORTFOLIO SHRSHRANK TO NOTHING

Oh jeese, did you fall off your rocker again?

 

[Hossfly]

That is not answering my question about whether this was one of the plans you are privy to. I wonder if Tinmore has reserved an apartment for himself in this new Palestinian development in the West Bank. If so, I hope he send the forum pictures of his new apartment and the surroundings.

A New Community Rises In The West Bank ... And It's Not Israeli

Interesting. This project has been ongoing for years.

Question: Where are these people going to work?

At one of Trump's shirt factories. Then they,ll pay taxes which will be used to build a wall.

No, seriously.

A few years ago there was a big campaign to revitalize downtown. It was coined the "jobs and housing project." It sounded good. A place to live and work to bring more people into the city.

The devil was in the details. The jobs would be in the $15,000 to $30,000 bracket. The housing would be for people earning $100,000 and up.

The people who planned this project claimed to be intelligent.

That was the reason for my question.

Instead of you wasting your time pulling up videos year after year that probably very few here view, why don't you attempt to get exposure for the high tech industry in the West Bank. Many talented Palestinians who could make a nice salary to enable them to afford the rents in the new city if only you convince the outside world to use their talents.


Sam Husseini runs LionHeart, a company that operates a training program with an Israeli partner to teach Palestinian entrepreneurs marketing skills. Two chief executives — Husni Abu Samrah ofMobiStine, a start-up that designs health care applications in Arabic, and Saeed Zeidan of Ultimit, which develops software and does consulting work — each said they learned a lot from the training program, especially about what the industry still needs to thrive.

“The main thing is exposure,” Mr. Zeidan said. “We do not have exposure for the international market.”

Even so, Yahya al-Salqan, chief executive of Jaffa.Net, a software developer, said the regional market offered great promise. He observed that the Palestinian tech sector was uniquely placed in a “sandwich” between Israel’s so-called Silicon Wadi, less than an hour’s drive away on the Mediterranean coast, and what he called a huge emerging demand for technology services in Arab countries.

Mr. Salqan worked in Silicon Valley in California early in his career, and then returned home about 15 years ago to found Jaffa.Net, with one branch in Ramallah and another in Nablus in the northern West Bank. Jaffa.Net is working on mobile banking applications, and it will soon open an office in the Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar.

Already being done.

the West Bank now boasts about 300 firms operating in the information-technology (IT) industry.

Most of the Palestinian tech firms cluster around the city of Ramallah. This may be just a half-hour or so drive away from Jerusalem, but the gulf is immeasurably wider. With no airport of their own and travel heavily restricted, Palestinians can find it difficult to even attend business meetings. And borders and checkpoints make shipping physical goods very difficult. “That’s why we like to work with software,” says Mashour Abudaka, a former Palestinian IT minister.

It is not just software’s unique ability to flow through wires, untroubled by borders, that is helping the cluster flourish. IT workers in the West Bank earn only half as much as their Israeli counterparts. The Israeli subsidiary of Cisco, a Silicon Valley networking giant, in 2008 was one of the first firms to outsource work to less expensive Palestinian firms, such as Asal Technologies and Exalt Technologies, which now have 120 and 80 employees respectively.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2014/02/it-west-bank​

Of course it isn't easy. Israel always has its big fat nose in Palestine's business. I was watching a video where two women were explaining the problems they had getting into the West Bank. There were some software engineers from Europe who were trying to get into the West Bank because they were scheduled to teach classes at Birzeit University. Israel would not allow them in.

Israel always whines about BDS attacking the academic freedom of Israel while Israel is always fucking with the Palestinian's academic freedom.

Wow, the original Tinmore never said things like "big fat nose" or "fucking." Whatever else he was, he never used language like this. I wonder why Tinmore's alter ego doesn't get his/her own account on this forum.

You are wasting your time complaining. Try to get some exposure for the high tech industry in the West Bank and try to get the rich Arabs in the Gulf to give grants for start-ups. This way they can avail themselves of all the wonderful inventions the talented engineers in the West Bank can come up with.

 

[Hossfly]

The academic boycott of Israel is 100% justified.

European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.Summary of FindingsThe delegation was unable to visit all of Palestine’s institutions of higher education, and in particular it was prevented from visiting Gaza’s universities by the Israeli blockade. However, it found a consistent pattern across all the universities that it visited, and by their systemic nature it is reasonable to assume that this pattern applies to all of them.This pattern was of a coherent and multi-faceted policy of Israeli interference with the normal functioning of academic life. This interference inhibits free movement of staff and students ; reduces academic effectiveness and productivity by the usurpation of staff time through mobility restrictions and imposed bureaucratic obstacles ; prevents effective collaboration and sharing of intellectual resources between Palestinian universities ; obstructs international visits to Palestinian universities ; substantially prevents the employment of teaching staff from abroad ; interrupts the supply of equipment, materials and books ; and subjects staff and students to repeated humiliations and indignity.

Obstacles to travel into and out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)For universities to function effectively, faculty must be free to travel abroad to attend conferences, undertake research, upgrade their qualifications and maintain contacts with scholars abroad. To ensure the circulation of knowledge, they must also be able to receive visits from foreign academics and scholars and enable their students to participate in exchanges. Palestinian universities report that Israel systematically obstructs all such activities.

Palestinian Universities under Occupation​

There are heads of colleges and universities who think otherwise.

University statements rejecting academic boycott of Israel - Anti BDS, BDS News, Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS), Campus News & Climate - SPME Website Scholars for Peace in the Middle East

 

[P F Tinmore]

The academic boycott of Israel is 100% justified.

European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.Summary of FindingsThe delegation was unable to visit all of Palestine’s institutions of higher education, and in particular it was prevented from visiting Gaza’s universities by the Israeli blockade. However, it found a consistent pattern across all the universities that it visited, and by their systemic nature it is reasonable to assume that this pattern applies to all of them.This pattern was of a coherent and multi-faceted policy of Israeli interference with the normal functioning of academic life. This interference inhibits free movement of staff and students ; reduces academic effectiveness and productivity by the usurpation of staff time through mobility restrictions and imposed bureaucratic obstacles ; prevents effective collaboration and sharing of intellectual resources between Palestinian universities ; obstructs international visits to Palestinian universities ; substantially prevents the employment of teaching staff from abroad ; interrupts the supply of equipment, materials and books ; and subjects staff and students to repeated humiliations and indignity.

Obstacles to travel into and out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)For universities to function effectively, faculty must be free to travel abroad to attend conferences, undertake research, upgrade their qualifications and maintain contacts with scholars abroad. To ensure the circulation of knowledge, they must also be able to receive visits from foreign academics and scholars and enable their students to participate in exchanges. Palestinian universities report that Israel systematically obstructs all such activities.

Palestinian Universities under Occupation​

There are heads of colleges and universities who think otherwise.

University statements rejecting academic boycott of Israel - Anti BDS, BDS News, Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS), Campus News & Climate - SPME Website Scholars for Peace in the Middle East

The university lackeys oppose BDS. That is no surprise. Everybody knows that.

We believe strongly that a boycott of academic institutions directly violates academic freedom,​

We hear that same lie from all those clowns. They all read off the same script.

 

[RoccoR]

Hossfly, P F Tinmore, et al,

I have to agree with "Hossfly."

The academic boycott of Israel is 100% justified.

European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.Summary of FindingsThe delegation was unable to visit all of Palestine’s institutions of higher education, and in particular it was prevented from visiting Gaza’s universities by the Israeli blockade. However, it found a consistent pattern across all the universities that it visited, and by their systemic nature it is reasonable to assume that this pattern applies to all of them.This pattern was of a coherent and multi-faceted policy of Israeli interference with the normal functioning of academic life. This interference inhibits free movement of staff and students ; reduces academic effectiveness and productivity by the usurpation of staff time through mobility restrictions and imposed bureaucratic obstacles ; prevents effective collaboration and sharing of intellectual resources between Palestinian universities ; obstructs international visits to Palestinian universities ; substantially prevents the employment of teaching staff from abroad ; interrupts the supply of equipment, materials and books ; and subjects staff and students to repeated humiliations and indignity.

Obstacles to travel into and out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)For universities to function effectively, faculty must be free to travel abroad to attend conferences, undertake research, upgrade their qualifications and maintain contacts with scholars abroad. To ensure the circulation of knowledge, they must also be able to receive visits from foreign academics and scholars and enable their students to participate in exchanges. Palestinian universities report that Israel systematically obstructs all such activities.

Palestinian Universities under Occupation​

There are heads of colleges and universities who think otherwise.

University statements rejecting academic boycott of Israel - Anti BDS, BDS News, Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS), Campus News & Climate - SPME Website Scholars for Peace in the Middle East

(COMMENT)

Remember, BDS is all about economic and political pressure on Israel for political purposes; promoting intimidation in the pursuit of Palestinian political aims.

But in the academic world, there is an attempt to separate intellectual stimulus from disadvantageous political considerations like BDS. The academic world appreciates the promotion of a nation that can build and launch its own communications, navigation and observation satellites. (Something the Arab Palestinians cannot do.) Israel has become the world’s largest per capita user of solar power, with 90% of Israeli homes use solar energy for hot water, the highest per capita in the world. (Something the Arab Palestinians cannot do.)

"Israeli universities are ranked higher than any Arab League Country. Within all of Asia, the ranking falls-out like this:

These universities in China, Japan, South Korea and elsewhere in Asia have been numerically ranked based on their positions in the overall Best Global Universities rankings. Schools were evaluated based on their academic research performance and their global and regional reputations. These are the top global universities in Asia.
SOURCE: US News and World (Education)

#12
Weizmann Institute of Science
Israel Rehovot
#126 – Best Global Universities

#18
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel Jerusalem
#159 (tied) – Best Global Universities

#20
Tel Aviv University
Israel Tel Aviv
#175 (tied) – Best Global Universities
​

Again, there is no logic for BSD to make any association between the highly rated Israeli Education Program (College and University) and that of the entire Arab Middle East; with the only Arab League Universities rating: (Istanbul Tecknik Univ = #39 ---- King Abdullah Univ & Tech = #43)

Most Respectfully,
R

 

[Phoenall]

The academic boycott of Israel is 100% justified.

European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.Summary of FindingsThe delegation was unable to visit all of Palestine’s institutions of higher education, and in particular it was prevented from visiting Gaza’s universities by the Israeli blockade. However, it found a consistent pattern across all the universities that it visited, and by their systemic nature it is reasonable to assume that this pattern applies to all of them.This pattern was of a coherent and multi-faceted policy of Israeli interference with the normal functioning of academic life. This interference inhibits free movement of staff and students ; reduces academic effectiveness and productivity by the usurpation of staff time through mobility restrictions and imposed bureaucratic obstacles ; prevents effective collaboration and sharing of intellectual resources between Palestinian universities ; obstructs international visits to Palestinian universities ; substantially prevents the employment of teaching staff from abroad ; interrupts the supply of equipment, materials and books ; and subjects staff and students to repeated humiliations and indignity.

Obstacles to travel into and out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)For universities to function effectively, faculty must be free to travel abroad to attend conferences, undertake research, upgrade their qualifications and maintain contacts with scholars abroad. To ensure the circulation of knowledge, they must also be able to receive visits from foreign academics and scholars and enable their students to participate in exchanges. Palestinian universities report that Israel systematically obstructs all such activities.

Palestinian Universities under Occupation​

Extremists will always attract other extemists, and they will in turn attract morons who will believe what they saw blindly.

The travel restrictions are valid under international law, attacking unarmed Jews is not

Sour grapes because BDS is a multi million dollar thorn in Israel's side.

I say cut Israel off and let them whine.

Only to the palstinians who suffer so much that they have banned the movement.

Do so but dont whine when your taxes rise to help pay for the increased unemployment, then watch your credit rating drop to -zzz. Then watch as Americans die through lack of proper medical care because you hate the Jews so much that you wont have any of their goods in the USA.


YOU WOULD SUFFER MUCH MORE THAN ISRAEL EVER WOULD AS THE RECESION BIT AND YOUR PORTFOLIO SHRSHRANK TO NOTHING

Oh jeese, did you fall off your rocker again?

See no answer to the points raised so you imply that I have a mental illness. Typical islamonazi/neo marxist trick to deflect and duck the issue...You try cutting of Israel and see what your elected government say/do to you...............

 

[Phoenall]

The academic boycott of Israel is 100% justified.

European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.Summary of FindingsThe delegation was unable to visit all of Palestine’s institutions of higher education, and in particular it was prevented from visiting Gaza’s universities by the Israeli blockade. However, it found a consistent pattern across all the universities that it visited, and by their systemic nature it is reasonable to assume that this pattern applies to all of them.This pattern was of a coherent and multi-faceted policy of Israeli interference with the normal functioning of academic life. This interference inhibits free movement of staff and students ; reduces academic effectiveness and productivity by the usurpation of staff time through mobility restrictions and imposed bureaucratic obstacles ; prevents effective collaboration and sharing of intellectual resources between Palestinian universities ; obstructs international visits to Palestinian universities ; substantially prevents the employment of teaching staff from abroad ; interrupts the supply of equipment, materials and books ; and subjects staff and students to repeated humiliations and indignity.

Obstacles to travel into and out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)For universities to function effectively, faculty must be free to travel abroad to attend conferences, undertake research, upgrade their qualifications and maintain contacts with scholars abroad. To ensure the circulation of knowledge, they must also be able to receive visits from foreign academics and scholars and enable their students to participate in exchanges. Palestinian universities report that Israel systematically obstructs all such activities.

Palestinian Universities under Occupation​

There are heads of colleges and universities who think otherwise.

University statements rejecting academic boycott of Israel - Anti BDS, BDS News, Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS), Campus News & Climate - SPME Website Scholars for Peace in the Middle East

The university lackeys oppose BDS. That is no surprise. Everybody knows that.

We believe strongly that a boycott of academic institutions directly violates academic freedom,​

We hear that same lie from all those clowns. They all read off the same script.

What LIE is that then as the truth has been told. BDS is a failure and will die slowly as its supporters realise that they are losing every step of the way. How many institutions/cities/ states and nations have now banned BDS ?

 

[yiostheoy]

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This old thread is 3 years old.

 

[yiostheoy]

See no answer to the points raised so you imply that I have a mental illness. Typical islamonazi/neo marxist trick to deflect and duck the issue...You try cutting of Israel and see what your elected government say/do to you...............

Anyone who resurrects this useless old thread is prima facie a-priori self-evident mentally ill.

 

[Hossfly]

Hossfly, P F Tinmore, et al,

I have to agree with "Hossfly."

The academic boycott of Israel is 100% justified.

European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.Summary of FindingsThe delegation was unable to visit all of Palestine’s institutions of higher education, and in particular it was prevented from visiting Gaza’s universities by the Israeli blockade. However, it found a consistent pattern across all the universities that it visited, and by their systemic nature it is reasonable to assume that this pattern applies to all of them.This pattern was of a coherent and multi-faceted policy of Israeli interference with the normal functioning of academic life. This interference inhibits free movement of staff and students ; reduces academic effectiveness and productivity by the usurpation of staff time through mobility restrictions and imposed bureaucratic obstacles ; prevents effective collaboration and sharing of intellectual resources between Palestinian universities ; obstructs international visits to Palestinian universities ; substantially prevents the employment of teaching staff from abroad ; interrupts the supply of equipment, materials and books ; and subjects staff and students to repeated humiliations and indignity.

Obstacles to travel into and out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)For universities to function effectively, faculty must be free to travel abroad to attend conferences, undertake research, upgrade their qualifications and maintain contacts with scholars abroad. To ensure the circulation of knowledge, they must also be able to receive visits from foreign academics and scholars and enable their students to participate in exchanges. Palestinian universities report that Israel systematically obstructs all such activities.

Palestinian Universities under Occupation​

There are heads of colleges and universities who think otherwise.

University statements rejecting academic boycott of Israel - Anti BDS, BDS News, Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS), Campus News & Climate - SPME Website Scholars for Peace in the Middle East

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Remember, BDS is all about economic and political pressure on Israel for political purposes; promoting intimidation in the pursuit of Palestinian political aims.

But in the academic world, there is an attempt to separate intellectual stimulus from disadvantageous political considerations like BDS. The academic world appreciates the promotion of a nation that can build and launch its own communications, navigation and observation satellites. (Something the Arab Palestinians cannot do.) Israel has become the world’s largest per capita user of solar power, with 90% of Israeli homes use solar energy for hot water, the highest per capita in the world. (Something the Arab Palestinians cannot do.)

"Israeli universities are ranked higher than any Arab League Country. Within all of Asia, the ranking falls-out like this:

These universities in China, Japan, South Korea and elsewhere in Asia have been numerically ranked based on their positions in the overall Best Global Universities rankings. Schools were evaluated based on their academic research performance and their global and regional reputations. These are the top global universities in Asia.
SOURCE: US News and World (Education)

#12
Weizmann Institute of Science
Israel Rehovot
#126 – Best Global Universities

#18
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel Jerusalem
#159 (tied) – Best Global Universities

#20
Tel Aviv University
Israel Tel Aviv
#175 (tied) – Best Global Universities
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Again, there is no logic for BSD to make any association between the highly rated Israeli Education Program (College and University) and that of the entire Arab Middle East; with the only Arab League Universities rating: (Istanbul Tecknik Univ = #39 ---- King Abdullah Univ & Tech = #43)

Most Respectfully,
R

I remember at one time several years agp Europe universities were against having the Israeli scientists present their papers. William Grim, of The Iconoclast, offered his web site for the Israelis to present their papers. William Grim recognizes anti-Semitism when it occurs, the same as many of us on this forum recognize it.

(William E. Grim) THE RETURN OF ANTI-SEMITISM TO GERMANY: IT NEVER REALLY LEFT