 [Jpost] Group's resolution accused Israeli universities of being complicit in govt's violations of international law.
| They can't possibly be antisemites, because they only hate the Jewish nation. |
The Association for Asian American Studies voted in favor of boycotting Israeli academic institutions.
The academic nonprofit, known by the acronym AAAS,
| ... an acronym stolen from the American Association for the Advancement of Science... |
passed the vote last week during its annual conference in Seattle, according to Inside Higher Ed. The resolution calling for a boycott passed unanimously
| As the Japanese -- an Asian nation, last I heard -- say, 出る杭は打たれる。or The stake that sticks out gets hammered down. One wonders how many chose not to be hammered at this particular juncture. |
and accused Israeli universities of being complicit in violations of international law by the Israeli government. In addition to other claims, the resolution also accused Israeli universities of discriminating against Paleostinian students and academics.
| A certain deliberate ignorance is terribly useful in such cases. |
Former AAAS president Rajini Srikanth said the boycott applies only to Israeli institutions, not individuals.
| Well, that makes it all right then. |
"We are very aware that there are Israeli scholars who understand the difficulties that Paleostinian academics and students have, and speak up in support of Paleostinian rights," Srikanth told Insider Higher Ed. "So we would absolutely be working with them and proving in them with whatever support they need to challenge their institutions."
In a statement, the American pro-Israel organization Scholars for Peace in the Middle East condemned the AAAS resolution.
"The boycott is directly in opposition to decades of agreements between Israeli and Arab Paleostinians, in which both sides pledged to negotiate a peaceful settlement," the SPME statement said.
| Shhhhh, you'll mess up the self-righteous posturing! |
Founded in 1979, AAAS says it aims to promote closer ties between various fields of Asian American Studies. Ten percent of the association's membership attended the annual conference in Seattle, where the vote was held.
| Martin Niemoeller said it best, I think. Not that this lot will know anything about that, being as the good pastor was merely European, and not Asian at all. |
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