Tuvia Blumenthal accuses Stephen and Hilary Rose of opening the door to
mixing politics with academic affairs - hardly. No ivory tower was ever
constructed in Israel.
david seddon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Newsletter of the European Sociological Association (ESA)
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Baruch
> Kimmerling
> Sent: 21 October 2003 15:43
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> Subject: Re: Another assult against the Israeli Academic Freedom
>
>
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Tuvia Blumenthal wrote:
>
> > While I am strongly opposed to the Tsadka article, I would like
> to remind
> > you that Hilary Rose, together with Steven Rose, launched the boycott of
> > Israeli institutions.
> >
> > By doing so they opened the door to mixing politics with
> academic affairs.
> >
> Dear Hilary and others who asked me how they can help and support Israeli
> academic freedom. The litte you can do is to witdawal from the demand to
> boycott the Israeli academics and academy. We have enough pressures from
> inside and the boycott only reinforce the anti-intellectual forces in
> Israel. Please reconsider your position.
> Many thanks to all those who expressed privately support and empathy.
> Yours, Baruch Kimmerling.
>
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