":::::::::It not ""unevidenced"" see here: . The other point you made that ""Cole has consistently defended Israeli academics' academic freedom for several years..."" is also dubious and only tells half the story. I read his piece  re: the boycott and his argument was that because he thought the Israeli academics agreed with him, they shouldn't be boycotted. Hardly a principled, (""I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"") defense of ""academic freedom"". So much for Voltaire (or Hall actually).  
 
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