"JERUSALEM (AFP) - More than 150 Israeli academics have signed a petition calling for a boycott of a university located in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, one of them told Israeli public radio on Sunday.
"We refuse to participate in any academic activity in Ariel, an illegal settlement which aims to stop the Palestinians from creating their independent state," Ron Naaman of the Weizmann Institute of Science told the radio.
"We want our compatriots to understand that the pursuit of the occupation harms Israel and contributes to its delegitimization on the international stage," he added.
The petition was signed by at least 155 academics."
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What is also annoying about these academics is that they are only pursuing this stance to save their own butts "We want our compatriots to understand that the pursuit of the occupation harms Israel and contributes to its delegitimization on the international stage,"
ReplyDeleteAs if without the settlements Israel is in any way legitimate yes, its seems that they all know that the end is neigh. There is no longer a chance for a two state solution and that is what they are afraid of.