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Nov 4, 2007 23:40 | Updated Nov 5, 2007 9:15
Israel critique on campus
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Kellman said she was upset that the decision was made behind closed
doors.
"Open this up for discussion and debate it on campus - don't just slip
this through," she said. "Bring it out in the open, because I'd like
to see the reasons you decided to keep Pluto Press."
The $1 million the university makes from its contract with the press
cannot be the real reason, suggested Kellman: "This is one of the best-
endowed universities in the country; $1 million a year is small
revenue."
On the other side are those who believe the incident at Michigan is a
perfect example of pro-Israel groups trying to quash debate. Not least
of these is the author himself.
Kovel, a professor at Bard College in New York, said he tried to get
his book published in the US, but publishers "wouldn't touch it."
"This is definitely not an isolated case," he said. "Very powerful
institutions in our country take it upon themselves to defend Israel
at all costs, and in doing so, they frequently cross the line of a
constitutional right to freedom of speech."
Their efforts have been growing, Kovel said, "because there have been
increasing challenges to the Zionist lobby."
Neve Gordon, a tenured professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
and a visiting professor at the University of Michigan this year, said
the terms of debate in the US were much narrower than in Israel. "What
is going on here is an attempt to stifle critical voices," said
Gordon. "My assumption is that I disagree with what Kovel says in the
book, but so what? I disagree with many books. Many people are writing
things that are outrageous - that's what academic freedom is about."
Gordon said the allegation that Middle East Studies departments on
university campuses are one sided, is false.
"To claim Jews are the underdog on campus is not correct," said
Gordon. He said he was amazed to see how many Jewish students had come
to campus from high school prepared to be "ambassadors for the Zionist
perspective."
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 things that are outrageous - that's what academic freedom is about."
Mah... io personalmente potrei anche essere d'accordo sulla salvaguardia della 
feedom of speech e sul fatto che troppi facciano oggetto della propria attività 
il non far parlare altri.
Se si vuole affrontare onestamente la questione bisogna anche sapere però che 
"The Lobby" arriva buon ultima in questa arena. E che i tentativi di boicottare 
il pensiero non conforme ai propri interessi sono infiniti, da destra, da 
sinistra, dalle lobby gay, nere, musulmane, sioniste, antisioniste...
Perché la stessa gente esulta quando una sollevazione violenta riesce a tenere 
fuori Nethanyahu da un'università, ma si lamenta che una campagna di 
boicottaggio colpisca il professore "antisemita"?
Vah che è curioso, eh.
Tb
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Basel Hurani, 'Abd al-Halim Rumieh, Ratib Sha'bu, and Doha 'Ashur
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mbè? ho buttato l'amo da mezz'ora e non abbocca nessuno?

 mbè? ho buttato l'amo da mezz'ora e non abbocca nessuno?
Io. Sto imparando a farmi amare.
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ecco, mi stavo preoccupando che l'esca fosse avariata...