APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING!
Dear Colleagues
here is a petition concerning the sacking of the Palestine Central
Bureau of Statistics in December 2001. It has been sent on Feb 12
to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. If you agree with it, and wish to sign
it, please send a message to the Prime Minister's address and a
copy of your message to the PCBS ([log in to unmask])
Yours
J P Roos
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,
The Office of the Prime Minister, Kiryat
Ben-Gurion, Jerusalem, Israel
Fax 972-2-566-4838/6705415
Defense Minister, Benyamin Ben Eliezer
Fax: +972-3-6916940, 6976990
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
As professional social scientists, aware of the crucial role of
information (data) in social and economic development, scientific
analysis and not least in university teaching, we deplore the attack
by the Israeli Defense Force on the Palestine Central Bureau of
Statistics
(PCBS) on December 5, 2001 and the destruction of equipment and
data held by this institution.
We call on colleagues in the international community of social
scientists around the world to add their names to ours, and to call
upon the Israeli government and military authorities to apologize,
immediately return all census- related documents and computer files,
and to provide some form of restitution.
As a positive measure, we also call upon the Israel Central Bureau of
Statistics to embark on a development of a collegiate relationship and
cooperation with the Palestine Bureau of Statistics
February 12, 2002
(signed)
Benoit de l'Estoile
Departement de sciences sociales
Ecole normale superieure
Paris, France
Baruch Kimmerling
George S. Wise Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology
The Hebrew University
Jerusalem, Israel
J.P.Roos
Professor
Department of Social Policy
University of Helsinki, Finland
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J.D.Seddon
Professor of Sociology and Politics
School of Development Studies
University of East Anglia
Norwich, UK
Salim Tamari
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Bir Zeit University
Palestine
Ray Thomas,
Social Sciences, Open University
Milton Keynes UK
Tom Wengraf
Centre for Biography in Social Policy
University of East London, UK
( 25 Additional signatures by Feb 12)
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J.P.Roos Professor of Social Policy
PB18 00014 The University of Helsinki Finland
Fax +358 9 19124564 Tel +358 9 19124582
Home Page: www.valt.helsinki.fi/staff/jproos/
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