[eccr] Re: University Professors Call for European Boycott of Links with Israel

Dear Jonathan Cohen,


As the IAMCR list (see answer by Andrew Calabrese), the ECCR list is an open
list. 
Therefore, the Call is not an official position of IAMCR or ECCR.

sincerely,


Jan Servaes


> From: Jonathan Cohen <(jcohen /at/ research.haifa.ac.il)>
> Reply-To: (iamcr-newsletter /at/ lists.colorado.edu)
> Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 17:49:05 +0200
> To: (iamcr-newsletter /at/ lists.colorado.edu)
> Subject: Re: University Professors Call for European Boycott of Links with
> Israel 
> 
> Dear Prof. Jan Servaes ,
> 
> Is this an official position of IAMCR or ECCR?  I would invite you to visit
> with us here in Israel for a while to learn more about the situation, but
> it is too dangerous.  Palestinians seem to be in the habit of blowing
> themselves up in our cities.
> 
> To be clear there are many policies of my government which I abhor and
> reject.  It is the unwillingness to shed the terrible ignorance  of this
> region before condemning this or that side in a simplistic and arrogant
> manner that I find objectionable - especially from academics.  Europe has a
> past i as well as a present of hatred and discrimination against others
> that it is all too ready to avoid by pointing fingers.
> 
> As a member of ECCR, I expect to know if this letter is a personal use of
> this newsletter  (which seems problematic for political purposes) or
> whether official decisions were taken by these organizations to take
> sanctions against me and my community of academics.
> 
> Jonathan Cohen
> 
> 
> 
> At 13:17 08/04/02 +0200, you wrote:
>> University Professors Call for European Boycott of Links with Israel
>> Press Release - dateline Saturday 6th April
>> 
>> 
>> University Professors call for European boycott of research and cultural
>> links with Israel
>> 
>> As of noon on Friday, more than 120 university academics and researchers
>> from across Europe had signed during the course of three days, an open
>> letter, presented for publication in The Guardian, calling for a moratorium
>> on all future cultural and research links with Israel at European or
>> national level until such time as the Israeli government abide by UN
>> resolutions and open serious peace negotiations with the Palestinians along
>> the lines of the recent Saudi peace plan.
>> The signatories include more than 90 from the UK, amongst them 43 university
>> professors including some of the country's leading natural and social
>> scientists. The list includes one signatory from within Israel itself. Other
>> signatories are from Eire, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland,
>> Italy, Norway, Portugal,Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
>> 
>> For further information contact either:
>> Professor Hilary Rose ((h.rose /at/ open.ac.uk))
>> or Professor Steven Rose ((s.p.r.rose /at/ open.ac.uk))
>> telephone 0207 713 1709
>> 
>> The full text of the letter and list of signatories follows:
>> 
>> Letter:
>> 
>> Despite widespread international condemnation for its policy of violent
>> repression against the Palestinian people in the Occupied Territories,
>> the Israeli government appears impervious to moral appeals from world
>> leaders. The major potential source of effective criticism, the United
>> States, seemsreluctant to act. However there are ways of exerting
>> pressure from within Europe. Odd though it may appear, many national and
>> European cultural and research institutions, including especially those
>> funded from the EU and the European Science Foundation, regard Israel as a
>> European state for the purposes of awarding grants and contracts.
>> (No other Middle Eastern state is so regarded). Would it not therefore
>> be timely if at both national and European level a moratorium was called
>> upon any further such support unless and until Israel abide by UN
>> resolutions and open serious peace negotiations with the Palestinians,
>> along the lines proposed in many peace plans including most recently
>> that sponsored by the Saudis and the Arab League.
>> 
>> Signatories (alphabetically by country as of 16.00 5th April)
>> 
>> Note all signatories are signing in a personal capacity; institutional
>> affiliations are given only for identification purposes
>> 
>> Britain:
>> 
>> 1- Ainley, Dr Patrick, ,University of Greenwich
>> 2- Aleksander, Professor Igor, Imperial College London
>> 3- Banks, Dr Sarah, University of Durham
>> 4- Bateson, Professor Patrick FRS, Provost Kings College, Cambridge
>> 5-  Beckford, Dr Jim, University of Warwick
>> 6- Bendelow, Dr Gill, University of Warwick
>> 7- Bennett, Professor Tony, Open University
>> 8- Birke, Dr Lynda, University of Lancaster
>> 9-Blakemore, Professor Colin FRS, Oxford University
>> 10-Blankenburg, Dr Stephanie, SOAS, London
>> 11-Breugel, Professor Irene, Middlesex University
>> 12-Brunner, Dr Eric, University College London
>> 13- Burton, Professor Emerita Leone, Birmingham University
>> 14-  Caddel, Dr Richard, Durham University
>> 15- Cockburn, Cynthia, City University
>> 16- Cohen, Professor Robin, Warwick, currently University of Cape Town
>> 17-Crompton, Professor Rosemary, City University, London
>> 18- David, Professor Miriam, Keele University
>> 19- Dawkins, Professor Richard FRS, Oxford University
>> 20- Dore, Dr Elizabeth, University of Southampton
>> 21- Duckett, Professor Jeff, Queen Mary University of London
>> 22- Ellison, Dr Nick, University of Durham
>> 23- Edmondson, Linda, Birmingham University
>> 24- Edmondson,  William, Birmingham University
>> 25- Ettore, Professor Elizabeth,  Plymouth University
>> 26- Fine, Dr Robert Warwick university
>> 27-Fletcher, Dr John, Warwick University
>> 28-Fonagy, Professor Peter, University College London
>> 29-Fox, Edward London (writer)
>> 30-Ginn, Dr Jay Surrey University
>> 31- Glendinning, Victoria London (writer) >
>> 32-Gregory, Professor Richard FRS, BristolUniversity
>> 33- Hakimian, Dr Hassan, SOAS, London
>> 34-Healey, Dr Peter SPSGLondon
>> 35- Himmelweit, Dr Sue, Open University
>> 36-Hobson, Professor Marian,London University
>> 37-Honderich, Emeritus Professor Ted, University College, London
>> 38-Humphrey, Professor Nicholas, London School ofEconomics
>> 39- Hunter, Professor Lynette, Leeds University
>> 40-Kamminga, Dr Harmke,Cambridge University
>> 41-Karmiloff-Smith, Professor Annette, Institute of ChildHealth, London
>> 42- Kuper, Richard, Hatfield University
>> 43- Laven, Dr David,University of Reading
>> 44-Lawler, Dr Stephanie, University of Durham
>> 45- Law, Professor John, Lancaster University
>> 46-Lister, Professor Ruth,Loughborough University
>> 47-Macpherson, Rev. Duncan, St Mary's UniversityCollege,University of Surrey
>> 48-McRobbie, Professor Angela, Goldsmith's College London
>> 49-Merck, Professor Mandy, Royal Holloway and BedfordCollege
>> 50-Messkoub, Dr Mahmood, University of Leeds
>> 51-Midgley, Dr. Mary,retired Newcastle University (philosopher)
>> 52-Mileusnic, Dr Radmila,OpenUniversity
>> 53- Moon, Dr Claire, University of Kent
>> 54-Moore, Professor Robert, Liverpool University
>> 55-Murcott, > Professor Anne, Nottingham University
>> 56-Murphy, > Professor Sean, Nottingham University
>> 57-Orun, Dr Ahmed, BirminghamUniversity
>> 58- Osborne, Professor Peter, Middlesex University
>> 59-Phillips, Dr. Sarah, University of Durham Press,
>> 60- Dr Ron (engineer, retired)
>> 61-Preston,  Dr Rosemary, University of Warwick
>> 62-Rangwala, Dr Glen, Trinity College,Cambridge
>> 63-Rivera, Consuela, University of Lancaster
>> 64-Rose,  Professor Hilary, City University London >
>> 65-Rose, Professor Nikolas, Goldsmith's College London
>> 66- Rose, Professor Steven, Open University
>> 67- Rosen,Michael, London (writer and broadcaster)
>> 68-Rowley, Professor Gwyn (retired)
>> 69-Russell, Professor Willie, FRSE, University of St Adrews
>> 70-Ryan, Dr Mark, Birmingham University
>> 71-Salter, Professor Brian, University of East Anglia
>> 72- Samuels, Professor Andrew, Essex University
>> 73- Sassoon, Professor Anne Showstack, Kingston University
>> 74- Savage, Dr Wendy, London Hospital (retired)
>> 75-Scott, Professor Sue, Durham University
>> 76- Segal, Professor Graeme, All Souls, Oxford
>> 77-Segal, Professor Lynne, Birkbeck College,London
>> 78-Shakespeare, Dr Tom, Life Centre, Newcastle
>> 79Shackle,  Dr Emma, Plater College Oxford
>> 80-Shire, Dr George, Open University
>> 81-Shuker,  Professor David, Open University
>> 82-Sinha, Professor Martin, Southampton University
>> 83- Sloman, Professor Aaron,Birmingham
>> 84- Smith, Dr Paul, University of Keele
>> 85- Solomon, Professor Joan, Open University
>> 86- Taylor, Dr Paul, Warburg Institute, London
>> 87-Tozer, David, Peterborough, Cambridge University
>> 88-Treacher, Dr Amal, Birkbeck College, London
>> 89- Tudge, Dr Colin, London (writer and broadcaster)
>> 90-Ward, Dr Helen, Imperial College London
>> 91-Yao, Professor Xin, Birmingham University
>> 92- Yuval-Davis, Professor Nira, University of Greenwich
>> 
>> Eire:
>> 
>> - Lynch, Dr Marina, Trinity College Dublin
>> - Regan, Professor Ciaran, University College Dublin
>> 
>> Denmark:
>> 
>> -Sinha, Dr Chris,Technical University, Copenhagen
>> 
>> Finland:
>> - Hearn. Professor Jeff, School of Economics, Helsinki
>> 
>> France:
>> 
>> - Levy-Leblond, Professor Jean-Marc, Nice University
>> - Cobb, Dr Matthew, Laboratoire d'Ecologie, Paris
>> -Ohlsson-Malek, Dr Fairouz, CNRS, Paris
>> 
>> Germany:
>> 
>> - Reymann, Professor Klaus, Magdeburg
>> - Frey, Professor Julietta, Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg
>> 
>> Iceland
>> 
>> - Vilhjalmsson, Professor Thorsteinn, University of Iceland
>> - Sigurdsson, Dr Skuli, University of Iceland
>> 
>> Italy:
>> - Frontali, Professor Nora, ISS, Rome
>> - Mengheri, Elena, INRAN, Rome
>> - Minicozzi, Dr Velia, University of Tor Vergata, Rome
>> - Murgia, Dr Chiara, INRAN, Rome
>> - Ranaldi, Dr Giulia, INRAN, Rome
>> - Turrini, Dr Aida, INRAN, Rome
>> - Vladikas, Dr Anastassios, INFN, Rome
>> 
>> Israel:
>> 
>> - Jablonka, Professor Eva, Tel-Aviv University
>> 
>> Norway:
>> - Andersen Professor Per, Oslo University
>> - Fjelland, Professor Ragnar, Bergen University
>> - Waerness, Professor Kari, Bergen University
>> 
>> Portugal:
>> 
>> - Matos, Dr Augusta, Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Lisbon
>> - Queiroz, Professor Clara, ( retired)University of Lisbon
>> 
>> Spain:
>> 
>> - Ferrus, Professor Alberto, Cajal Institute, Madrid
>> 
>> Sweden:
>> 
>> - Elzinger, Professor Aant, University of Goteborg
>> - Esseveld, Professor Johanna, University of Lund
>> - Holmquist, Associate Professor, Ingrid, University of Goteborg
>> - Karfve, Professor Eva, University of Malmo
>> -  Nilsson, Professor Arne, University of Goteborg
>> - Therborn, Professor Goran, Swedish Collegium for Advanced  Study in the
>> Social Sciences, Uppsala
>> - Wellin, Professor Stellan,  University of  Goteborg
>> 
>> Switzerland:
>> 
>> - Lipp, Professor Hans-Peter, Zurich University Maranta, Dr Alessandro, ETH,
>> Zurich
>> 
> 
> Dr. Jonathan Cohen
> Department  of Communication,
> University of Haifa,
> Mt. Carmel, Haifa,  31905, Israel
> Fax:  972-4-824-9120
> 
> 

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