Palestinian university president comes out against boycott of Israeli acad

Last update - 22:35 17/06/2006
Palestinian university president comes out against boycott of Israeli academics

By The Associated Press

Israeli academics threatened by boycotts have received support from an unlikely source: the Palestinian president of Al-Quds University.

"If we are to look at Israeli society, it is within the academic community that we've had the most progressive pro-peace views and views that have come out in favor of seeing us as equals," Sari Nusseibeh told The Associated Press. "If you want to punish any sector, this is the last one to approach."

Nusseibeh acknowledged, however, that his is a minority viewpoint among his colleagues.

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"I wonder why not China, why not Chile, why not Burma, where the human rights issue is far, far worse than here," Newman said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/727899.html

Does this Palestinian know the Palestinians are the number victims group in the world?

You can't let a little bit of factual truth cloud up that perception that Israel is far worse then any other government

Will the Jews just walk into the Mediterranean already ??? :sarcasm:

Are Palestinians in forced labor camps like they are in China?

"...Israel is far worse then any other government" is way, way over the top. Check Saudi Arabia and several dozen other governments for human rights violations

I didn't mean to confuse you