The American Association of University Teachers warns against the exclusion of supporters of Israel's boycott of American universities
The American Association of University Teachers warns against the exclusion of supporters of Israel's boycott of American universities
Washington, DC - Said Erekat,
The American College of University Professors (AAUP) issued a statement on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, calling on American universities to stop calling for speeches and participants in the activities of various universities and others by pledging that they are not (BDS), which was organized to confront the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and to expose the oppressive and racist methods imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities against the citizens. a thousand Stinian.
"According to the National Anti-Oversight Coalition, at least 17 US states have passed legislation imposing punitive measures against BDS supporters for Israel, and as a result, some public universities in those states have begun to demand that external speakers invited to The campus and others who contract with such universities, such as the external reviewers of possession and promotion materials, have signed a pledge not to support them now, and that they do not intend to support the future BDS movement, which defends Palestinian human and civil rights.
The American Association of University Professors asserts that while the BDS movement does not endorse or adopt any position on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, it does not call for divestment or economic sanctions against Israel and opposes all academic districts, including the academic boycott of Israel, on the basis of That this province violates the principles of academic freedom and the free exchange of ideas, because our organization believes that academic freedom should not be subject to political positions. "But for this particular reason in which we oppose the BDS movement, we firmly oppose these commitments The boycott of Israel as a condition for academic participation), which is the least that can be said to be an attempt to limit freedom of expression and belief. "
"In fact, they evoke the specter of allegiance and division by disavowing the basic elements of McCarthyism (in the 1950s), stressing the right of individuals to engage in political boycotts, and the collective meeting to boycott the province, and that has a long and written history in civil protests In particular, in colleges and universities, where logical disagreement and civilized dialogue must be the normal daily order, requiring faculty members or students to make pledges not to support peaceful protest (as in the case of the PDS) Abhorrent " .
McCarthyism is a black and painful era in American history in the second half of the last century (1950-1956) when Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin launched his famous campaign against communism, destroying the lives of tens of thousands of Americans under feeble charges and without any evidence that they sympathize with Communism, especially in the fields of education, media, arts, representation, even the State Department and the US armed forces, and imposed on millions of section performance that they renounce communism or lose their jobs or even go to jail.
"While there is widespread interest in ensuring that speakers at all points of political thought can express their ideas and opinions in American universities, the contradiction in seeking to prevent and deny advocates of this particular position (support for the boycott movement BDS We therefore call upon all higher education institutions in the United States to challenge and challenge the required waiver of BDS and to uphold the freedom of expression and belief of all members of the academic community. "
The American Academic Freedoms Committee concluded by saying that "In addition, the academic and impartial freedom (AAUP) of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) sent a letter (protest) to the Israeli government regarding the interrogation and subsequent expulsion , And the apparent ban on Columbia University (New York) law professor Kathryn Frankie from the airport in Israel last April because of its support for the BDS movement and called on the Israeli government to reconsider the Immigration Officer's decision P has deprived Professor Frankie from entering and to stop any additional ban on entry to the goals of academic and scientific cooperative work in Israel and the territories Filsinah. "
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was formed in 1915 and includes 550 universities and colleges in 50 US states as well as Washington, DC.
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