Posts Tagged ‘israel-palestine’
The best kept secret in the Middle East?
This past weekend, a peculiar group of people filled the Faculty Club of Harvard University. Some wore suits, and some had dreadlocks. Some wore a kippah (the traditional Jewish head covering for men), and others wore a Palestinian keffiyeh. Some people were Jewish, some were Arab, and some just had no shoes on. Depending on…
Read MoreThe BDS movement and the logic of anti-Semitism
The BDS Movement’s core manifesto, written by its global co-founder and spokesman Omar Barghouti, is unequivicol in its vision: the euthanasia of the state of Israel. A ferocious campaign of de- legitimization has proceeded to indict Israel as a unique pariah among the nations of the earth. The campaign has called for the dismantling of Israel and a…
Read MoreRe: On Etiquette and the BDS Campaign on Campus
This article is in response to previous pieces written by Leah Aubrecht and Mary MacDonald, particularly their article “On Etiquette and the BDS Campaign on Campus.” As we made clear in our last piece, the aim of our response was to challenge the smear attempt that Aubrecht and MacDonald launched against a brave and well-respected…
Read MoreReply to Haiven and Zayid
Professor Larry Haiven of Saint Mary’s and retired Professor Zayid take aim at our article that appeared in the March 08 issue of the Gazette. (Letters, March 28) The professors are adept in the art of willful blindness. Larry Haiven suggests that a writer for Haaretz determined that anti-Semitism was not linked to BDS campaigns…
Read MoreMore discourse, less defensiveness
I’ve been resisting the urge to comment on the Israeli debate going on in the Gazette. I felt like jumping in would be political suicide (and so I remain anonymous), but the latest issue has been the last straw. The responses of Israeli apologists to statements made by organizations such as Students Against Israeli…
Read MoreRE: The neglect of etiquette
I was sincerely alarmed to read of the charges against myself and fellow student Mary MacDonald during the rebuttal to our article where we dissented and disagreed with theories put forth by Dr Amal Ghazal as presented in her lecture on “History of Zionism, and The Age of Colonialism.” Students against Israeli Apartheid characterized a…
Read MoreOn Etiquette and the BDS Campaign on Campus
It’s a funny thing, some people’s sense of civility. The group Students Against Israeli Apartheid think it’s a lack of civility to challenge unsubstantiated statements about Israel. Perhaps they are touchy now that their movement Boycott Divest and Sanctions (BDS) has been condemned by the Parliament of Canada. We noted that the Students Against Israeli Apartheid at…
Read MoreBDS isn’t anti-Semetic
Mary MacDonald and Leah Aubrecht (Re: On the Neglect of Palestinian Suffering, Gazette March 11) drag out the same tired old shibboleths to disparage the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. It is widely accepted (except by Israel’s diehard supporters) that Israel conducts a brutal repression against the Palestinians, and that Israeli settlers conduct a reign…
Read MoreRE: on the neglect of Palestinian suffering
Recently we attended a public lecture on campus, sponsored by the group Students Against Israeli Apartheid at Dalhousie. The topic, the origins of Zionism and the age of colonialism, was discussed by Dr. Amal Ghazal before a partisan audience. Her lecture covered points concerning the European conquests and colonization of foreign lands, as practiced by…
Read MoreThe BDS movement doesn’t speak for all Dal students
The Dalhousie Student Union is under no obligation to divest in response to the BDS Movement nor does the Students Against Israeli Apartheid speak on behalf of Dalhousie students. The hubris of this anti-Israel group is remarkable. By purporting to represent Dalhousie students, it issues demands that the DSU cave in to its ideological agenda. A disturbing escalation of anti-Israel rhetoric has…
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