The growing movement for an academic boycott of Israel has been criticized as limiting academic discourse and debate. Defenders of the boycott point out that the discourse is already limited by Israeli occupation policy which shuts down Palestinian universities arbitrarily, and that Israeli academia’s work advances the occupation. Today, the Jerusalem Post has a story that will surely enter the debate. The Post is reporting that the Israeli High Court of Justice has supported the Israeli military in establishing a “non-security related criteria for granting Palestinian post-graduate students permits to enter Israel to study at Israeli universities.”
From the article “High Court accepts IDF criteria for Palestinian study in Israel“:
The criteria included the following:
• Only PhD and Masters students will be considered and only if there is no practical alternative to studying in Israel
• Preference will be given to applicants to programs focusing on regional cooperation or developing coexistence and regional peace. The Education Ministry must testify as to the nature of the program
• Palestinians will not be allowed to study professions that have the potential to be used against Israel.
• The applicant will have to provide the army with a detailed request from a recognized academic institution explaining the grounds on which the institution wants him to study there
• There will be no further examination if the applicant has a security or criminal record.
• The army will take into account the age of the applicant and his personal status.
• The army, at its own discretion, may refuse to consider an applicant even if the student meets the above criteria.
Several Israeli universities have written Defense Minister Ehud Barak protesting the measure saying that establishing the criteria “constitutes a gross and harmful intervention by military elements in purely academic considerations.”
"• There will be no further examination if the applicant has a security or criminal record." What percentage is that? Does that include every kid that has once thrown a stone at an Israeli tank?
Thank you Adam, Now can the Israelis shut up about the "anti-semitism" in BSD movement?
They typical Palestinian university graduate, well indoctrinated in the genocidal policies of Hamas, need to be screen prior to entry into a foreign country, Israel, for further study, especally in Nuclear physics. To force Israel to allow enemy nationals free professional education in means of genocide are suicidal. Only a retarded anti-semite would expect israel to allow such a thing.
No, because it exists in full force. Remove it, and we'll stop bringing it up. Until then, you're stuck with it. I understand the truth will set you free. I can not understand why you wish to live your life shackled.
You are so eloquent Barrel-roll. Antisemitism! It's everywhere! The Joos just can't catch a break!
Great analysis.
Was the BSD movement against apartheid S Africa an "anti-white " movement?
Right. We in USA should apply the same standards to any Jewish American or Israeli? Why force the USA to allow dual allegiance and/or Israeli citizens free professional education or access to our governmental agencies? Is that not suicidal? Only a retarded zionist would expect the USA to allow such a thing. And no, no matter how many times you repeat the lie, the USA's interests are not identical with Israel's interests.
Jacobwolfen is Chris Barel. A troll who constantly equates all criticism of his fascist, pariah State w/ antisemitism. We mostly ignore him. In fact I think IntenseDebate is coming out w/ an ignore feature. That should clear up the only trolling you'll see on this forum, spouted from Richard Witty/JES/Barrel-roll/etc.
Exactly right. Why should Israel train enemies to kill them?
Nor was the bds against SA anti-semitic. The point being that there is no comparison with SA's white supremacism and israel's defense against islamic Fascists bent on genocide.
Exactly how many Ba'athist party members are studying advanced nuclear physics in the US? North Koreans?
Strahl is Joachim Martillo, a slightly advanced retard.
"It exists in full force." One assumes the "it" to which you refer is "anti-semitism". To define criticism of Israel as "anti-semitism," one must give the State an identity which in fact can be held only by individuals. The State is not a Jew. The State is a political entity which has criteria for citizenship based on ethnicity and/or religion, as defined by whomever might hold the power to so define the criteria, which thus are variable. The current basis for citizenship criteria are discriminatory, and thus open to criticism. The rationale for calling criticism anti-semitic requires that one distort the meaning of the word, and to call that distortion truth requires distortion of other fundamental concepts of identity. IMO
Perhaps the Israelis learned how to discriminate from 1950's era country clubs.
"They typical Palestinian university graduate, well indoctrinated in the genocidal policies of Hamas…" "They typical" Israeli… isn't typical. I'm not even going there. The racist or ethnicity discriminating Israeli seems to be the more brain-washed version, so fearful of the Patriarch that the fear can be used to motivate them in all sorts of ways useful for exercise of totalitarian power. Perhaps one could consider them intellectually limited, in that development of intellectual powers is necessary for resistance to such power and so intellect is warped by training as soon as it manifests. As is demonstrated by the current IDF "non-security related criteria." Israeli rules: Keep the subject population powerless, kill their young and their leaders, eliminate the civic authority whenever it shows signs of being able, and for goodness sake, don't allow those who survive to become educated outside of one's control
I don't know. Why does it? Perhaps Israel just hasn't picked up yet on the fact that the entire "terrorism" movement uses the basic Irgun commando mode, only with 21st century refinements? Or perhaps the purpose of the Israeli State is better served by making sure there is reason for insurgency, which supports the use of war as the economic engine of the state?
Strahl – As long as such comments aren't limited to slurs, having opponents able to argue the basis on which Israel defends it's right to kill, dispossess and disenfranchise others provides an opportunity to educate those who wonder just what the fight is about, doesn't it? I continue to think that such discussions also offer the possibility that chinks in the intellectual armament of those who support Israel may offer opportunities for the light of intuitive thought to get through.
Several Israeli universities have written Defense Minister Ehud Barak protesting the measure saying that establishing the criteria "constitutes a gross and harmful intervention by military elements in purely academic considerations." IDF "non-security related criterion" means non-security related criterion based on security related criterion, and thus means a more sophisticated version of the old security related criterion. What is assumed is that there is a need for "security". In other words, there is justification for maintaining a state founded on discriminatory principles which will result in insurgency, thus providing a need for war, which can be used as an economic engine for the state.
You confuse the basis of citizenship with the basis of immigration. Regardles, that majority of criticism regarding Israel, in this forum, is anti-semitic in nature. No distortion required.
They may become as educated as they desire, but not on Israel's dime, nor israel's universities. there are 1000 arab universities. Study there. Or are you saying those universities are inferior?
This is disgraceful. The Israeli military has no business making Israeli academic policy.
"To define criticism of Israel as anti-semitism, one must give the State an identity which in fact can be held only by individuals. The state is not a Jew." This is a very good point, Margaret, and you have been able to cut through the obfuscations that have been thrown up to shield the Israeli govenment from deserved criticism. By extension of your point, Israel does not have a right to exist, only individual citizens, Jews and non-Jews, do. As an American, I have been raised to believe that "governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and to institute new government." Governments can come or go, depending on whether or not they fulfill their duty to those being governed. Next time I hear someone arguing that "Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state" I'll be sure to remind them that the state is not a Jew.
In a country at war, surrounded by enemies whose goal is genocidal, it makes perfect sense to include the military in these type policy decisions.
The light of anti-semitism, did you infer?
If you are referring to Iran, why would it have a population of roughly 25,000 Jews in it, based on the assumption that the iranian government wants to get rid of all Jews? If you are referring to Hamas, be assured that while their vision does not acknowledge the existence of Israel, does not mean the extermination of the jews, they would simply be placed in "dhimmi" status. Denies full right for Jews, yes; discriminating, yes; but genocidal? No. Calling them genocidal, if they are who to you are referring, is nothing but an exaggeration.
The astute question is: Exactly how many zionists are studying advanced nuclear physics in the US?
Why should the USA train zionists to suck USA blood and treasure?
Israelis may become educated as they desire, but not on USA dime, nor in USA universities. Without the USA dime, how good are Israeli universities? It's also time we retract our open trade agreement with Israel, the first of its kind for the USA–for starters, let's put a stop to stealing US patents, and reverse engineering them, and selling the clone product to China.
Anti-semitism is backlash from anti-goyism. It's a historical law of simple Newton physics.
That was a way of manifesting a light to the gentiles? Ditto, re Israeli apartheid? Some nation of priests.
Hence the HAMAS charter.
yeah, "God, those country clubs are so snooty.. think I'll destroy the world, just to get even."
Hostage situation.