Comments on: Israel as the N-word

By: Markie126

Markie126 — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:18:12 +0000

As a member of the governing body of a leading British Univeristy I utterly condemn the UCU’s proposal for a boycott of Israeli academics and universities and completely agree with the statement of Columbia University’s President.

America and her Universities should look also reexamine its treatment of Cuban Universities and Academics.

By: Keplerus

Keplerus — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:13:26 +0000

This reflects the moral bankruptcy of the British, whose teachers have already erased the Crusades and the Holocaust from their history curricula

Oh dear, what nonsense. See the Urban Legends site.

By: phyllis

phyllis — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:38:15 +0000

Good for Columbia. I, however, have another idea. They want to boycott Israeli academia - I say fine, then they should also boycott all the fruits of Israeli universities and institutions. Let them put their money where their mouths are and give up, inter alia: their cell phones (the technology for which came from Israeli engineers), their Intel Pentium and Centrino-driven computers (which were developed by Israelis at Intel Israel in Haifa), their flash drives, the “camera pill,” allowing filming of the entire gastrointestinal tract non-invasively. Don’t forget pregnant British union members - you should forego amniocentesis, also developed by Israeli doctors. The list goes on and on and I am sure many other people can add to this. Ignore also the fruits of Israel’s Nobel prizes in economics and science. This reflects the moral bankruptcy of the British, whose teachers have already erased the Crusades and the Holocaust from their history curricula, a sop to the Islamists taking over the UK and most of Europe who find these subjects offensive. They demand to retain sole victim status and they are succeeding. While the world castigates Israel for its “victimization” of the Arabs, the African victims of genocide (at the hands of Arabs) are largely ignored. We have to fight the lies, not seek to find favor on the continent that nearly succeeded in destroying us.

By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:49:29 +0000

Zev, did you read the article? Mr. Stern writes,”Israel…which certainly has its flaws like any other country and deserves criticism on many fronts…”
Furthermore, could you please cite the ad hominem attacks and slanderous accusations?
Thirdly, why is it unacceptable to boycott a “democratically elected state” that sponsors terrorism and includes in its party charter “Israel will rise and remain erect until Islam eliminates it…Muslims will fight the Jews, until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees which will cry:O Muslim!there is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!”
The British Academics who voted to boycott must hold all parties to the same standard.
Criticism of Israel is tolerated. Unfair, unbalanced criticism cannot be.

By: Zev

Zev — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:37:01 +0000

Nice effort to equate criticism of Israel with racism! Great work at trying to demonize those who take issue with Israeli policies and an American administration that supports them~!

Nice work, but thoughtful people will see through your efforts. In a free society, the ability to criticize any and all groups must be defended. As citizens of an open society, we must be willing to tolerate even those opinions with which we disagree.

Israel is not above criticism. Neither is the Bush administration’s fawning support for Israel above criticism. If it is acceptable for an American president to establish a policy of isolating a democratically elected Hamas government, however unpalatable it may be, without any real public debate, is it not acceptable for private citizens to boycott a nation that they feel is oppressing Palestinians?

Let’s try to preserve a society where we all can benefit from the free exchange of a diversity of views. Let’s put an end to efforts by biased partisans to stiffle debate with the use of ad hominem attacks and slanderous accusations.

The criticism of Israel must be tolerated.

By: Charles Barton

Charles Barton — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:06:47 +0000

Oh come on, the word is not so bad it cannot be written. I assure you that African-Americans use it all the time. It is only bad when white people call them that because of the history. I have been saying for most of this decade that the anti-Zionist left regards Israel as a nigger state, and Zionism is a migger idiology, for psudo-liberals. Anti-zionist have a need to hate, and Israel is certified by some leftist lunitics as a target for hate. These people are no more rational than Rush Limbsugh’s ditto heads. The may not ust the word nigger to describe zionism or Israelis, but they say the words with the same contempt that southern racist reserved for the word nigger in the old south.

By: Amos

Amos — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:22:31 +0000

Great post, Ken.