I forward and second the response of my colleague Yehuda Goodman:
Once again Peter and other should be reminded please that academic boycott
is different than any other move. It's not a boycott against Israel it's
against academicians and runs against the grain of academic freedom.
I believe this anti-boycott petition addresses precisely the concerns of
people like Peter.
We all think critically of the occupation and of Israel's special
responsibility to end the occupation, but the pro-boycott petition is
misplaced and aims at the wrong targets.
It won't help at all to end the occupation and instead will harm its
critics and the opposition against the occupation. Look what happened with
Amira Hess who was expelled from Bir Zeit...
I would urge Peter to read again the anti-boycott petition and the various
resources and QA at the anti-boycott website.
Perhaps he'd be convinced still to sign the petition AGAINST the academic
boycott.
Yehuda Goodman
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Ramirez Angeles <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> And what about our Palestinian colleagues? Why no one listens to or talks
> about them? The academic boycott comes from them. What should we
> choose? You are talkingabout academic freedom. Of Israeli academicians, of
> course. What's aboutacademic freedom of Palestinians? Birzeit university
> have been closed during years; Academicians of Palestinian Universities can
> not travel to attendCongress or meetings; they can not have the right to
> ask for funds to research(Israeli academicians can do it); the
> academicfreedom of Palestinian is strongly damaged (in the case it exists
> today) due tothe occupation and racist policies.
> We are about to boycott the institutions, like Israeli universities, that
> are part of the racist and repression machinery through Israel implements
> their discrimination policies. There is not a boycott against individuals
> but against institutions. Moreover if an individual is representing the
> State of Israel (President of a University, for instance) or if he is
> recruited to contribute to the Israeli effort to whitewashing State's
> violations of International Law, their activities will be under
> international boycott that BDS movement stands. Directrices PACBI para el
> Boicot Académico Internacional de Israel
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> Why Israeli universities? Because Israeli academic institutions (the
> most part controlled by the State) and the majority of Israeli
> intellectuals and academics contribute directly to the justification and
> defense of oppression forms or they have been accomplices of them through
> their silence. Boicot Desinversión Sanciones
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> What Israeli anti-zionist Academics say is "boycott me". If you don't
> resist against the tools of repression, you are accomplice of it.
> A final question: The group of the black population in South Africa, under
> the leadership of the ANC, launched the boycott of South Africa as a
> strategy of international solidarity to end apartheid. Then should we
> respond positively or engage in an discourse of academic freedom as
> totalizing principle and reject the call of the oppressed? We are facing an
> ethical and commitment question, as anthropologists we must express our
> civic engagement ... or not?
> Why this difference between South African and Israeli apartheid's?
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Ángeles Ramírez
>
>
> De : Yohai Hakak <[log in to unmask]>
> Ŕ : [log in to unmask]
> Envoyé le : Lundi 10 novembre 2014 10h35
> Objet : Re: should/n't anthropologists boycott boycotts??
>
> But isn't there a good justification to distinguish between our strong
> criticism of Israeli governments and policy and our relations with our
> Israeli colleagues?
>
> If you check who are the key members and often leaders in many Israeli
> anti-occupation and pro-Palestinian movements, you will find that many of
> them are Israeli academics, which you are about to boycot.
>
> Dr. Yohai Hakak
> On Nov 10, 2014 9:26 AM, "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
> > >>> [log in to unmask] | www.roehampton.ac.uk
> > >>>
> > >>> http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/staff/Jonathan-Skinner/
> > >>>
> > >>> Tel: (+44 208 392 ) 4895
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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]>>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Anthropologists AGAINST the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions
> > >>>
> > >>> Dear colleagues,
> > >>>
> > >>> We're writing now as we hope you'd 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 "yes" 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 'concerned engagement.' 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.
> > >>> ---------------------------------------
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