Fyi - discussion re Israel boycott
On 10/11/2014 10:29, "Michael Costello" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Good to see your comments. It is notable that those opposing the boycott
>the
>Palestinians are calling for do call for the immediate ending of the
>Israeli
>occupation of Palestine - the root cause of the current struggle that
>leads
>to the mass murder repeatedly carried out by the Israeli forces against
>the
>populations of Palestine, including Ghaza. Failure to do this leads to
>giving the Israeli state a veto against the recognition of Palestine right
>away. Then there is all the pious stuff that places the victims on a par
>with the aggressors. The call for prior agreements in negotiations for
>peace
>while the Israeli state continues its occupation and extends its
>encroachments into the West Bank and reinforces its apartheid wall
>effectively endorses the occupation and gives the Israeli state a veto on
>recognition of Palestine and to continue with its aggression.
>The boycott campaign does not prevent those progressive Israeli academics
>who oppose their government's policies from using the freedom to publish
>their works on the web or through other, non official Israeli academic
>institutions (as many do). The Israeli cultural and academic set-ups have
>a
>disgraceful record for their association with the Israeli state policies
>and must be boycotted in the way that this was applied to the South
>African
>apartheid regime. That did not stop progressive South Africans being
>heard.
>Michael Costello
>University of Kent
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: McCourt, Christine
>Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 10:10 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: should/n't anthropologists boycott boycotts??
>
>Perhaps it would be helpful to look at the history of the South African
>boycott which is considered to have really contributed to the fall of
>apartheid - what strategies were used and who/what was included or not in
>this? it¹s clear there should be support and solidarity with those who are
>trying to bring about positive change, but I imagine there may be ways of
>doing this even in the context of a formal boycott, which is surely about
>sending clear signals to the world at large that we should not tolerate
>such systematic injustice. It would be good to hear views in public from
>those activists in SA who lived and worked through the boycott.
>
>
>
>On 10/11/2014 09:11, "Griggs, David" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>Disheartening to hear this call. Please do not sign. Support BDS. If you
>>want to see the inside of a rogue state and its institutions and an
>>Apartheid system then go there.
>>
>>Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On 10 Nov 2014, at 09:04, Jose Mansilla <[log in to unmask]>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>> I do not know anthropologists, but human beings YES!
>>> ;)
>>>
>>>> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:55:57 +0200
>>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: should/n't anthropologists boycott boycotts??
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>> Try harder
>>>> On Nov 10, 2014 8:37 AM, "Jonathan Skinner" <
>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> how can we read the work/support these Jewish Israelis if we are
>>>>> boycotting them?
>>>>>
>>>>> Dr Jonathan Skinner
>>>>> Senior Lecturer in Anthropology
>>>>> Department of Life Sciences
>>>>> University of Roehampton | London | SW15 4JD
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>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/staff/Jonathan-Skinner/
>>>>>
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>>>>> From: pfcohen1 [[log in to unmask]]
>>>>> Sent: 10 November 2014 01:04
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Cc: Jonathan Skinner
>>>>> Subject: Re: should/n't anthropologists boycott boycotts??
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>>>
>>>>> As anthropologists we all know the importance of field work to our
>>>>> understanding of social phenomena. Having worked in Palestine and
>>>>>seen with
>>>>> my own eyes the systemic injustice of the Israeli Occupation, I urge
>>>>>you
>>>>> all to please support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement
>>>>>(BDS).
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthropologist should focus on silenced voices and buried narratives,
>>>>>and
>>>>> they should stand for basic human rights and the equality of all
>>>>>people.
>>>>> That is what this Boycott is about.
>>>>>
>>>>> If at all possible, I further urge you to visit Palestine and see for
>>>>> yourself the reality that our media does not show us. I also
>>>>>encourage you
>>>>> to read the works of such Jewish Israelis as Ilan Pappe, Gideon Levy,
>>>>>Miko
>>>>> Peled, Amira Hass, Eran Efrati, David Sheen and others who work to
>>>>>expose
>>>>> the truth and end the structural racism, dispossession, cruelty and
>>>>> violence, endured by Palestinians. Please inform yourselves before
>>>>>you
>>>>> choose to break BDS.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 9, 2014, at 11:05 AM, Jonathan Skinner <
>>>>>
>>>>>[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]
>>>>>C
>>>>>.UK>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthropologists AGAINST the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>>>
>>>>> We¹re writing now as we hope you¹d agree to sign the petition AGAINST
>>>>>the
>>>>> boycott of Israeli academic institutions.
>>>>> Please read the petition and sign it at the petition website:
>>>>> http://anthroantiboycott.wordpress.com/sign-the-statement/
>>>>>
>>>>> You can also sign it by responding ³yes² to the following email:
>>>>> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> (please add your name and affiliation).
>>>>> At the petition website you'd find more information about the issues
>>>>>and
>>>>> the debates around the boycott.
>>>>>
>>>>> We would also deeply appreciate if you could circulate this request
>>>>>among
>>>>> your colleagues.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>> Prof. Michele Rivkin-Fish, UNC Anthropology
>>>>> Prof. Harvey Goldberg, Hebrew U Sociology and Anthropology
>>>>> Prof. David Rosen, FDU, Social Sciences and History
>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> BOYCOTTING ISRAELI ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS: NOT THE WAY TO END THE
>>>>>OCCUPATION
>>>>> We, the undersigned anthropologists, oppose the recent call by some
>>>>>of our
>>>>> colleagues to boycott Israeli academic institutions. Today, there is
>>>>>a
>>>>> state of Israel but not yet a Palestinian state: this injustice
>>>>>should be
>>>>> rectified as soon as possible. The conflict between the two national
>>>>> movements continues to result in tragic suffering and loss of life.
>>>>>Just as
>>>>> we affirm this, we assert that anthropology is about communication,
>>>>> grasping multiple perspectives, and understanding diverse histories;
>>>>>it can
>>>>> contribute to unpacking standard slogans and negotiating compromises.
>>>>> Boycotts erode this ethos: anthropologists taking absolute positions
>>>>>will
>>>>> not help the Palestinian cause.
>>>>> Boycott is a political act that forecloses listening to others. We
>>>>> vehemently oppose the continued Israeli occupation of the West Bank
>>>>>and the
>>>>> siege of Gaza; they are morally wrong and politically misguided. We
>>>>>also
>>>>> believe that Israel, as the occupier of Palestinian lands for decades
>>>>>now,
>>>>> has the greater responsibility to move toward a peaceful settlement
>>>>>and
>>>>> withdraw from these lands. And Palestinian leaders must be prepared
>>>>>to
>>>>> respond. But a boycott of anthropologists and other academics
>>>>>undermines
>>>>> the principles of academic freedom, and squelches the exchange of
>>>>>ideas. It
>>>>> is more likely to increase polarization instead of widening the base
>>>>>for
>>>>> dialogue.
>>>>> American Anthropological Association boycotts in the past have never
>>>>>been
>>>>> against universities or academic institutions. Academics, including
>>>>> anthropologists, should not be collectively punished and held
>>>>>accountable
>>>>> at a personal cost for decisions taken (or avoided) by their
>>>>>governments,
>>>>> decisions many of them criticize or oppose. Such a boycott would have
>>>>>no
>>>>> positive effect upon the plight of the Palestinians and their call
>>>>>for
>>>>> justice. It would merely increase dissension within the
>>>>>anthropological
>>>>> community.
>>>>> It is disingenuous to claim that a boycott can effectively
>>>>>distinguish
>>>>> between institutions and individuals, and refrain from punishing
>>>>>individual
>>>>> scholars. Almost all academics in Israel, including anthropologists,
>>>>>are
>>>>> employed in state institutions. Furthermore, the last institutions
>>>>> anthropologists should boycott are Israeli universities and colleges;
>>>>>these
>>>>> are sites where history, society, and politics are subject to
>>>>>critical
>>>>> analysis and where students and scholars encounter challenges to
>>>>>their
>>>>> assumptions, and engage in vibrant debates. Many Israeli academics,
>>>>>in
>>>>> their work within and beyond the university, have been leaders in
>>>>> advocating peace, non-violence and the end of the Occupation. In
>>>>>fact, they
>>>>> are seen as a threat by the political right which hopes to maintain
>>>>>control
>>>>> over Palestinians. A boycott of anthropologists and academic
>>>>>institutions
>>>>> plays into the hands of those supporting the current political
>>>>>stalemate.
>>>>> The call by anthropologists to boycott Israeli universities is a
>>>>>refusal
>>>>> to engage in a productive dialogue. It cannot claim the moral high
>>>>>ground
>>>>> by attempting to pass as Œconcerned engagement.¹ Focusing on Israel
>>>>>alone,
>>>>> and condemning colleagues without understanding the lives they lead
>>>>>and the
>>>>> specific labor they pursue, is counter to the spirit that
>>>>>anthropologists
>>>>> everywhere should strive to uphold. In Israel/Palestine as elsewhere,
>>>>> anthropologists can contribute by listening, learning, and leaving
>>>>>room for
>>>>> ambiguity. Our unique skills lie in examining and challenging the
>>>>>taken for
>>>>> granted while suggesting new perspectives and previously unimagined
>>>>>ways to
>>>>> subvert the violence of the status quo. We urge all anthropologists
>>>>>to
>>>>> consider the manifold ways in which anthropology and anthropologists
>>>>>might
>>>>> move forward in the search for justice and in striving for peace in
>>>>> Israel/Palestine. Boycotting Israeli academic institutions is not one
>>>>>of
>>>>> them.
>>>>> ---------------------------------------
>>>>> Dr Jonathan Skinner
>>>>> Senior Lecturer in Anthropology
>>>>> Department of Life Sciences
>>>>> University of Roehampton | London | SW15 4JD
>>>>>
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