CAMPANHA DE BOICOTE – CONFERÊNCIA DA HISTÓRIA ORAL NA UNIVERSIDADE HEBRAICA DE JERUSALEM
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12 de agosto de 2013 ( assinaturas até dia 15 novembro 2013)
Caros Colegas :
Somos um grupo de Palestinos, Israelitas, e outros historiadores da história oral e académicos da Europa, África do sul e América do Norte, que apelam pelo boicote da conferência que se irá realizar no dia 14 de junho, organizada pelo departamento da história oral da Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Universidade Hebraica de Jerusalém. Apesar de todas as universidades israelitas estarem profundamente cúmplices na ocupação, colono-colonialismo e apartheid, a Universidade Hebraica de Jerusalém é particularmente notável, como explicamos de seguida.
As nossas ações têm um impacto direto e pretendem a paz na relação Palestina- Israel e a solidariedade com os académicos palestinos cujas universidades foram fechadas, bloqueadas e bombardeadas por aviões israelitas durante os últimos 30 anos, nomeadamente aquelas que estão sujeitas à ocupação israelita na cidade de Jerusalém Este, na Cisjordânia e em Gaza.
Especificamente, a expansão das construções e as facilidades feitas no monte Scopus resultaram da confiscação ilegal de Israel em 1968 dos 3345 dunums da terra palestina. [1] A terra confiscada em Jerusalém Oriental pertence aos territórios ocupados de acordo com a lei internacional. Anexação unilateral de Jerusalém Oriental no Estado de Israel, bem como a aplicação do direito interno de Israel, são violações da IV Convenção de Genebra, e tem sido repetidamente denunciado como nula e sem efeito por parte da comunidade internacional, inclusive pelo Conselho de Segurança da ONU Conselho (Resolução 252 de 21 de Maio 1968). Movendo funcionários e alunos de Israel para trabalhar e viver em terras palestinas ocupadas, coloca a Universidade Hebraica numa grave violação da Quarta Convenção de Genebra.
Além disso, a universidade é cúmplice no tratamento desigual dos palestinos, incluindo aqueles que são cidadãos de Israel. [2] Por exemplo, não fornece serviços de ensino para os moradores de Jerusalém e as áreas circundantes, em contraste com aqueles fornecidos a grupos judaicos, não existem cursos oferecidos em árabe. [3] Além disso, a Universidade Hebraica optou por permanecer em silêncio quando a toda a população de Gaza foi excluída a possibilidade de se inscrever e estudar na universidade pelo governo israelita. Estudantes palestinos de Gaza tem melhores hipóteses de estudar numa universidade dos EUA do que na Universidade Hebraica.
A universidade Hebraica de Jerusalém restringe a liberdade de expressão e os protestos dos estudantes Palestinianos. Por exemplo, é proibido a comemoração da invasão na faixa de Gaza em 2008-2009, na qual 1400 foram mortos pelas forças israelitas. [4] Por outro lado, a Universidade Hebraica oferece uma consideração especial e benefícios a estudantes que participaram nessa invasão como soldados.
Em dezembro de 2012 o Ministro da Defesa aprovou e reconheceu a Universidade de Ariel, da colónia de Ariel, como uma Universidade Israelita pertencente ao sistema académico Israelita. Como resultado, o pessoal da Universidade Hebraica faz parte do comité de supervisão e promoção de estudantes e do pessoal da Universidade de Ariel ; apenas os judeus fazem parte do comité da supervisão e promoção dos estudantes e pessoal da Universidade Hebraica. A Universidade Hebraica reconhece graus académicos obtidos pela Universidade de Ariel, a qual está implementada em território Palestino e rodeada por comunidades palestinas, mas não reconhece os graus académicos obtidos pela Universidade Al-Quds, que está situada nas proximidades. [5]
Ironicamente, a conferência da história oral é organizada por um instituto chamado de Avraham Harman, presidente da Universidade Hebraica entre 1968 e 1983. Como presidente da Universidade Hebraica, ele foi diretamente responsável pela reconstrução e expansão do original campus no Mount Scopus, construída na terra confiscada ilegalmente dos palestinos em Jerusalém Este.
Numa altura em que o movimento internacional para boicotar instituições académicas e culturais de Israel está a ganhar terreno em resposta à violação flagrante e persistente de Israel dos direitos humanos e políticos palestinos, apelamos aos estudiosos e profissionais a refletir sobre as implicações de participar numa conferência como cúmplices da instituição, e abster-se de tal participação. A conferência é uma tentativa de melhorar a imagem e a reputação da Universidade Hebraica de Jerusalém no Ocidente e para encobrir o fato de que a universidade está intimamente associada com a anexação israelense e ’Separação / muro do apartheid ’ políticas de políticas que foram fortemente condenadas em 9 de julho de 2004 pelo Tribunal Internacional de Justiça em Haia. [6]
Desde que as potências mundiais são cúmplices ativamente na capacitação de perpetuar políticas coloniais e opressivas de Israel, acreditamos que o único caminho aberto para alcançar a justiça e a defesa do direito internacional deverá ser sustentado por um trabalho por parte da sociedade civil palestina e internacional para pressionar Israel e suas instituições cúmplices para acabar com essa opressão.
Inspirado no sucesso do boicote cultural do apartheid da África do Sul, e com o suporte da União de Palestinos e grupos culturais, em 2004, a campanha Palestiniana para o boicote académico e cultural de Israel (PACBI) entende que deve existir um suporte para o boicote académico e cultural das instituições israelitas nos territórios ocupados, no colonialismo e apartheid. Este apelo palestino à comunidade académica internacional, entre outras coisas, tem como objetivo evitar a participação de qualquer forma de cooperação académica e cultural, e a colaboração em projetos conjuntos com instituições israelitas [7].
Depois disso, em 2005, a esmagadora maioria da sociedade civil palestina foi chamada para uma campanha de BDS abrangente assente nos princípios dos direitos humanos, justiça, liberdade e igualdade [8]. O movimento BDS adota uma estratégia não-violenta, moralmente consistente para responsabilizar Israel aos mesmos direitos humanos e as normas de direito internacional, como as outras nações. Assim, pedimos à comunidade académica internacional para atender ao apelo do boicote, como fez na luta contra o apartheid sul-Africano, até que "Israel with Dr.aws de todas as terras ocupadas em 1967, incluindo Jerusalém Oriental, remova todas as suas colónias daquelas terras ; concorda com as resoluções pertinentes das Nações Unidas para a restituição dos direitos dos refugiados palestinos, e desmonte o sistema de apartheid "[9].
Paralelamente, a era do boicote do apartheid foi cúmplice nas universidades da África do Sul, nós acreditamos que essa participação é similar nas conferências académicas ou outros eventos similares em Israel- independente das intenções – e pode contribuir para prologar a injustiça pela sua normalização e legitimidade. Inadvertidamente contribui para os esforços de Israel aparecer como um participante normal do mundo da erudição e, ao mesmo tempo que pratica a forma mais perniciosa de controlo colonial e a legalização da discriminação racial contra os palestinos.
Até que Israel esteja em plena conformidade com as leis e convenções internacionais, esperamos sinceramente que os académicos internacionais não participem nas violações e direitos humanos básicos dos palestinos - mesmo que inadvertidamente. Apelamos aos nossos colegas para tratar Israel exatamente da mesma maneira que a maioria do mundo trata a racista África do Sul - ou mesmo qualquer outro Estado que legisla e práticas de apartheid como um estado intocável. Só então os palestinos podem esperar por uma paz justa com base no direito internacional, o respeito pelos direitos humanos e, o mais importante, sobre o princípio fundamental da igualdade para todos, independentemente da etnia, religião ou outras considerações de identidade.
Assim, pedimos que nos ajudem a boicotar a conferência de história oral na Universidade Hebraica de Jerusalém e, convidar seus colegas para se recusar a participar ; para recusar a cruzar a linha de piquete palestino.
[nota : Todas as notas de rodapé estão na final do documento tendo sido baseadas na liberdade académica]
Sinceramente,
1. Professor Ahmed Abbes, Directeur de Recherche au CNRS, Bures-sur-Yvette, France
2. Professor Saleh Abdel Jawad (Hamayel), Birzeit University, Palestine
3. Dr. Stéphanie Latte Abdallah, ; Researcher, French Institute for the Near East ( IFPO) Jerusalem, Palestine
4. Dr. Adnan Abdelrazek - The Arab Studies Society – Jerusalem, Palestine
5. Professor Nahla Abdo Carleton University, Ottawa Canada
6. Dr. Faiha Abdulhadi, Independent researcher, writer, poet, Palestine
7. Professor Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi, Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative - College of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University, USA
8. Hala Caroline Abou-Zaki, Phd Student, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, France
9. Line Abou Zaki, Clinical psychologist, Lebanon
10. Professor Nadia Abu el Haj, Barnard/Columbia University, USA
11. Professor Saed Abu-Hijleh, An-Najah National University Nablus, Palestine
12. Professor Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University, New York, USA
13. Dr. Salman Abu Sitta, Researcher, UK
14. Professor Nadia Abu- Zahra, University of Ottawa, Canada
15. Professor Cristina Accornero, Università di Torino, Italy
16. Professor Ghada Ageel, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
17. Professor Mumtaz Ahmad, Vice President (Academic Affairs), International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
18. Mazen Mustafa AlAbadlah, Al-Aqsa University, Palestine
19. Akkas Al-Ali, PhD candidate, University of Exeter, UK
20. Dr. Anaheed Al-Hardan, ICI Berlin Institute for Cultural Inquiry, Germany
21. Professor Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
22. Majeda Al-Saqqa, Culture and Free Thought Association, Khan Younis, Gaza, Palestine
23. Professor (emeritus) Mateo Alaluf, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
24. Professor Ammiel Alcalay, Queens College, City of New York, USA
25. Dr. Diana Allan, Society for the Humanities, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
26. Professor Lori Allen, University of Cambridge, England
27. Professor Nina Allen, Suffolk University, Boston, USA
28. Dr. Valentina Anastasi, Independent researcher, Catania, Italy
29. Professor Marcos Ancelovici, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), Canada
30. Professor Rachad Antonius, University of Quebec Montreal (UQAM), Canada
31. Dr. Miriyam Aouragh, CAMRI, University of Westminster, UK
32. Professor (emeritus) Nasser Aruri, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA
33. Professor (retired) William Ayers, University of Illinois-Chicago ; Cyprus Oral History Project, USA
34. Professor Alice Bach (retired), Archbishop Hallinan Professor of Religious Studies, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, USA
35. Professor Angelo Baracca, University of Florence, Italy
36. Gustavo Barbosa, PhD candidate, London School of Economics, UK
37. Professor Amjad Barham, Hebron University, President of the Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees, Palestine
38. Ryvka Barnard, Doctoral student, New York University, USA
39. Professor Javier Barreda, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
40. Professor Isaías Barreñada, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain
41. Professor Enrico Bartolomei, University of Macerata, Italy
42. Professor Munir Bashour, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
43. Professor Oren Ben-Dor, Southampton University, England
44. Julie Benedetto, student, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Lyon, France
45. Specialist Israel Morales Benito, University of Alicante, Spain
46. Bonita Bennett, Director, District Six Museum, Capetown, South Africa
47. David Beorlegui, PhD candidate, Basque Country University, Spain
48. Professor Dan Berger, University of Washington Bothell, USA
49. Dr. Rima Berns-McGown, Independent Researcher/Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
50. Professor Doris Bittar, California State University San Marcos, USA
51. Professor Dusan I. Bjelic, Department of Criminology, University of Southern Maine, USA
52. Professor Maylei Blackwell, Departments of Chicana/o Studies, and Gender Studies, UCLA, USA
53. Dr. Susan Blackwell, Independant language consultant, Birmingham UK
54. Professor Hagit Borer, Queen Mary, University of London, England
55. Professor (emerita) Joanna Bornat , Open University, UK
56. Dr. Samia Botmeh, Birzeit University, Palestine
57. Professor Glenn Bowman, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
58. Dr. Robert Boyce, London School of Economics and Political Science, London University, UK
59. Professor Haim Bresheeth, SOAS, University of London, England
60. Dr. Khaldun Bshara, scholar, Riwaq Centre, Ramallah, Palestine
61. Professor (emeritus) Jacques Bude, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
62. Professor Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley, USA
63. Professor Angeles Castaño Madroñal, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
64. Ines Castellano Picón, Phd Student, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
65. Professor Jesús M. Castillo, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
66. Professor John Chalcraft, London School of Economics, UK
67. Professor Iain Chambers, Università degli Studi di Napoli, "L’Orientale," Italy
68. Professor Michael Chanan, University of Roehampton, England
69. Professor Elise Chenier, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
70. Dr Indira Chowdhury, IOHA Council member ; Centre for Public History - Bangalore, India
71. Nikoletta Christodoulou, Frederick University, Nicosia ; Cyprus Oral History Project, Cyprus
72. Professor (retired) Raymonde Cloutier, University of Quebec (UQAM), Montreal, Canada
73. Professor Elliott Colla, Georgetown University, USA
74. Dr. Jane Collings, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
75. Dr Peter Collins, St Mary’s University College, Belfast, Ireland
76. Prof. Dr. David Mario Comedi, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina
77. Professor Miriam Cooke, Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures, Duke University, USA
78. Susan Currie, PhD student, Central Queensland University, Australia
79. Mike Cushman, Independent researcher, London, England
80. Professor Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University, New York, USA
81. Professor Nabil Dajani, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
82. Professor Edwin Daniel (emeritus) University of Alberta Canada
83. Professor (emeritus) Eric David, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
84. Professor Lawrence Davidson, West Chester University, USA
85. Mary Ellen Davis, Instructor, School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
86. Dr. Rochelle Davis, Georgetown University, USA
87. Dr. Uri Davis, AL-QUDS University, Jerusalem, Palestine
88. Professor (emerita) Sonia Dayan-Herzbrun, Université Paris, France
89. Professor Lara Deeb, Scripps College, USA
90. Professor Herman De Ley, Ghent University, Belgium
91. Prof Philippe Denis, Sinomlando Centre for Oral History and Memory Work in Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
92. Rafel Gustavo de Oliveira, MSc student, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
93. Professor Angeles Diez Rodriguez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
94. Professor Anne-Marie Dillens, University Saint-Louis, Brussels, Belgium
95. Professor John Docker, University of Sydney, Australia
96. Professor Chris Dole, Amherst College, USA
97. Professor Angelo d’Orsi, University of Turin, Italy
98. Professor Ann Douglas, Columbia University, New York, USA
99. Professor Laurence Dreyfus, University of Oxford, UK
100. Professor (emeritus) John Dugard, University of Leiden ; Honorary Professor of Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa
101. Professor Louise Edwards-Simpson, Project Director, Voices of Homelessness, St. Catherine University St Paul, Minnesota, USA
102. Professor Haidar Eid, Al-Aqsa University, Gaza, Palestine
103. Professor Paul Eid, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada (UQAM)
104. Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh, PhD-candidate, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria.
105. Oroub El-Abed, Senior Teaching Fellow SOAS, London University, UK
106. Professor Nada Elia, Antioch University-Seattle, Washington, USA
107. Professor Mary Fakher-Eldin, University College, Dublin, Ireland
108. Professor Hoda Elsadda, Cairo University, Egypt
109. Professor Samera Esmeir, University of California, Berkeley, USA
110. Professor Ghazi-Walid Falah, University of Akron, Ohio, USA
111. Professor Laila Farah, DePaul University, USA
112. Professor Randa Farah, University of Western Ontario, Canada
113. Professor (emeritus), Emmanuel Farjoun, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
114. Dr. Adel Farrag, (retired) Institute of Technology Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
115. Professor Mona Fawaz, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
116. Professor (emeritus) Sasan Fayazmanesh, California State University, Fresno, USA
117. Professor Ilana Feldman, George Washington University, USA
118. Dr. Sean Field, Historical Studies Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa
119. Arie Finkelstein, student, Université Paris Est, France
120. Professor Ellen Fleischmann, University of Dayton, Ohio, USA
121. Senior Scholar Bill Fletcher, Jr., Institute for Policy Studies ; former President, TransAfrica Forum, Washington, DC, USA
122. Professor Manzar Foroohar, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, USA
123. Professor (emeritus) Giorgio Forti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
124. Dr. Naomi Foyle, Coordinator of British Writers In Support of Palestine, UK
125. Professor Cynthia Franklin, University of Hawaiʻi, USA
126. Daniela Fuentealba Rubio, Investigator/archivist, Museum of Memory and Human Rights, Chile
127. Professor Candace Fujikane, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, USA
128. Professor Nell Gabiam Iowa State University, USA
129. Professor (retired) Rosemary Galli, Observatorio das Nacionalidades, Brazil
130. Professor Jose Maria Gago Gonzalez, Member, Seminario de Fuentes Orales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
131. Professeur des Ecoles (en retraite) Marie Gérôme, Ecole de Viuz, Faverges, France
132. Professor Julie Gervais, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
133. Khalil Mohammad Gharra – student, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine
134. Ana Ghoreishian, PhD student, University of Arizona, USA
135. Professor Rita Giacaman, Birzeit University, Palestine
136. Dr. Terri Ginsberg, ICMES, New York, USA
137. Professor (emerita) Sherna Berger Gluck, California State University, Long Beach, USA
138. Professor Paula Godinho, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
139. Professor Heather Goodall, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
140. Professor (emeritus) Yerach Gover, City University of New York, USA
141. Professor Michel Gros, CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research, Rennes, France
142. Professor Regina Beatriz Guimarães Neto. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco ; 2006-2008 President Brazilian Oral History Association, 2008-2010/Brazil
143. Professor Yvonne Haddad, Georgetown University, USA
144. Professor Ghassan Joseph Hage, University of Melbourne, Australia
145. Professor (emerita) Elaine Hagopian, Simmons College, Boston, USA
146. Dr. Andrea Hajek, University of Glasgow, UK
147. Professor (emerita) Sondra Hale, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
148. Emad Hamdeh, PhD student, Exeter University, UK
149. Lecturer Rola Hamed, University College, Cork, Ireland
150. Professor Carrie Hamilton, University of Roehampton, UK
151. Dr. Rema Hammami, Birzeit University, Palestine
152. Professor Sari Hanafi, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
153. Karen S. Harper, community oral historian, Historical Society of Long Beach, California, USA
154. Professor Michael Harris, Université Paris-Diderot, France
155. Dr. Jason Hart, Senior lecturer, University of Bath UK
156. Professor Rumy Hassan, University of Sussex, UK
157. Professor Salah D. Hassan, Michigan State University, Lansing, USA
158. Professor Frances Hasso, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
159. Milton Hatoum, writer, translator and professor, Brazil
160. Professor Laia Haurie, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
161. Karim Hauser Askalani, Journalist, Casa Árabe Consortium, Madrid, Spain
162. Dr Mahmoud Hawari, Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford, UK
163. Professor Desiree E. Hellegers, Washington State University Vancouver, Washington, USA
164. Professor Sami Hermez, University of Pittsburgh, USA
165. Professor Elena Hernández Sandoica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
166. Shir Hever, Independent Economist/Researcher, Palestine-Israel
167. Professor (emeritus) Nicholas Hopkins, American University-Cairo, Egypt
168. Professor Nubar Hovsepian, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA
169. Professor (emeritus ) Heinz Hurwitz, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
170. Professor Takeji Ino, Wayo Women’s University, Japan
171. Perla Issa, PhD candidate, Exeter University, UK
172. Kumiko Isumisawa, Chief Librarian, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan
173. Professor Ferran Izquierdo Brichs, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
174. Dr Hana Jaber, Histoire du Monde arabe contemporain, Collège de France, Paris, France
175. Professor Richard Jackson, National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago, NZ
176. Hazem Jamjoum, PhD student, New York University, USA/Palestine
177. Dr. Colleen Jankovic, US Film Scholar, Al-qaws organization, AlQuds/Jerusalem, Palestine
178. Tineke E. Jansen, Independent researcher, former IOHA Council member, England
179. Professor Maher Jarrar, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
180. Dr.Lena Jayyusi, Researcher, author, Palestine
181. Chrischene Julius, Collections, Research and Documentation Dept District Six Museum, South Africa
182. Professor Ray Jureidini, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
183. Professor Sharif Kanaana (retired), Birzeit University, Palestine
184. Professor Rhoda Kanaaneh, Columbia University, New York, USA
185. Samar Kanafani, PhD Candidate, University of Manchester, UK
186. Professor, J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA
187. Dr. Fatma Kassem, Independent researcher, Israel
188. Professor Robin D. Kelley, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
189. Emma Jean Kelly, PhD Candidate, Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand
190. Dr. Bryan Kelly, Queens University, Belfast, N. Ireland
191. Professor Emeritus Douglas Kerr, Case Western Reserve University, USA
192. Professor Amy Kesselman (emerita), State University of New York at New Paltz, USA
193. Dr. Abdulhadi Khalaf (retired) Center of Middle East Studies, Lund University, Sweden
194. Professor Muhammad Ali Khalidi, York University, Canada
195. Professor Tarif Khalidi, Center for Arab & ME Studies, American University, Beirut Lebanon
196. Professor Asem Khalil, Birzeit University, Palestine
197. Dr. Laleh Khalili, Reader in Politics, SOAS, University of London, England
198. Dr. Agnes Khoo, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Leeds, UK
199. Dr. Miyuki Kinjo, Post-doctoral researcher (Palestine/Israel), Ritsumeikan University, Japan
200. Professor Gary Kinsman, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada
201. Professor David Klein, California State University, Northridge, USA
202. Dr. Felipe Gustavo Koch Buttelli, Lecturer in the Religions Science Faculty, Regional University of Blumenau (FURB), Brazil
203. Dr. Dennis Kortheuer, California State University, Long Beach, USA
204. Professor Rubén Kotler, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina
205. Professor Eileen Kuttab, Birzeit University, Palestine
206. Professor Hidemitsu Kuroki, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan
207. Dr. C S Lakshmi, SPARROW Sound & Picture Archives for Research on Women, Mumbai India
208. Dr David Landy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
209. Professor Nadia Latif, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA
210. Professor Bonita Lawrence (Mi’kmaw), Indigenous Studies, York University, Canada
211. Zoe Lawlor, University of Limerick Language Centre, Ireland
212. Dr. Clint LeBruyns, Theology and Development Program, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
213. Professor Ronit Lentin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
214. Dr. Les Levidow, Open University, UK
215. Professor Miren Llona, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea ; former Council member, IOHA, Spain
216. Professor David Colles Lloyd, University of California, Riverside
217. Dr. Elisabeth Longuenesse, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France
218. Professor Maria Losé Lera, Seville University, Spain
219. Arab Lotfi, film maker, university lecturer, journalist, writer, Lebanon
220. Professor (emeritus) Moshé Machover, Kings College, University of London, England
221. Dr. Alex Lubin, Director, Center for American Studies and Research, American University of Beirut ; University of New Mexico (on leave) – USA/Lebanon
222. Dr. Kenneth Macnab (retired), University of Sydney, Australia
223. John Marquez, PhD Student, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
224. Hala Marshood, Student, Humanities Faculty, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine
225. Dr. Michael Marten, Lecturer in Postcolonial Studies and Religion, University of Stirling, Scotland
226. Professor Rocio Medina Martin, Universidad Pablo de Olavide Sevilla, España
227. Professor Nur Masalha, SOAS, University of London, England
228. Dr. Norma Masriyyeh, Bethlehem University, Palestine
229. Professor Joseph Massad, Columbia University, New York, USA
230. Marie-eve Mathieu, teacher, Édouard-Montpetit College, Canada
231. Professor Dina Mattar, SOAS, University of London, England
232. Dr. Rachel Mattson, public historian, archivist, educator, New York, USA
233. Professor (lecturer) Mary McDonald-Rissanen University of Tampere, Finland
234. Des McGuinness, School of Communications, Dublin City University, Ireland
235. Dr. Bill McSweeney, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
236. Dr. Daniel Meier, University of Oxford, UK
237. Dr. Willem Meijs, independent language consultant, Birmingham, UK
238. Professor Anne Meneley, Trent University, Canada
239. Meena R. Menon, author and oral historian, Delhi, India
240. Professor Laurie K. Mercier, Washington State University Vancouver, USA
241. Professor William Messing, University of Minnesota, USA
242. Jennifer Mogannam, Ph. D. candidate, University of California, San Diego
243. Professor Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Syracuse University, New York, USA
244. Professor Shahrzad Mojab, University of Toronto, Canada
245. Professor Antonio Montenegro, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
246. Professor Annalies Moors, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
247. Professor Amir Mufti, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
248. Professor Ahlam Muhtaseb, California State University, San Bernardino, USA
249. Professor Suroopa Mukherjee, University of Delhi, India-
250. Dr. Corinna Mullin, University of Tunis, Tunisia
251. Professor (emerita) Martha Mundy, London School of Economics, UK
252. Dr. M.J. Muskens, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands
253. Professor Cynthia Myntti, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
254. Dr. Karma Nabulsi, University of Oxford, UK
255. Professor Premilla Nadasen, Queens College, City of New York, USA
256. Professor Eiji Nagasawa, Vice Director, Institute for Advanced Study on Asia, The University of Tokyo, Japan
257. Dr. Khalil Nakhleh, researcher and writer, Palestine
258. Dr. Dorothy Naor, Independent researcher, Israel
259. Professor Salem H. Nasser, São Paulo School of Law of Fundação Getúlio Vargas), Brazil
260. Dr. Marcy Newman, Independent Scholar, India
261. Dr. Sonia Nimr, Birzeit University, Palestine
262. Professor Isis Nusair, Denison University, Ohio, USA
263. Dr Barra O’Donnabhain, University College Cork, Ireland
264. Dr. Féilim Ó’Hadhmaill, University College Cork, Ireland
265. Professor Mari Oka, Kyoto University, Japan
266. Professor Gary Y. Okihiro, Columbia University, New York, USA
267. Hussein Omar, PhD student, University of Oxford, UK
268. Imranali Panjwani, PhD student, Kings College, University of London, UK
269. Professor Ilan Pappe, Exeter University, England
270. Professor Paul Parker, Baltzer Distinguished Professor of Religion, Elmhurst College, USA
271. Dr Nigel Parsons, School of People, Environment & Planning, Massey University, NZ
272. Dr. Professor Jaime Pastor, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain
273. Professor Willie Van Peer, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
274. Dr. Ana Pego, Business and Economic Studies Department, Open University, Lisbon, Portugal
275. Professor Sylvain Perdigon, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
276. Professor Julie Peteet, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
277. Dr. Elizabeth Picard, Directeur de Recherche (emerita), National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
278. Professor Gabriel Piterberg, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
279. David Polden, independent researcher, Committee for Nuclear Disarmament, London, UK
280. Dr. Nicola Pratt, University of Warwick, UK
281. Dr. Nicolas Puig, Researcher, L’Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) France
282. Dr. Neshat Quaiser, Jamia Millia Islamia, Central University, New Delhi, India
283. Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities, Palestine
284. Dua’a Qurie, Executive Director, The Palestinian NGO Network, Ramallah, Palestine
285. Jorge Ramos Tolosa, researcher and professor, Universitat de València, Spain
286. Professor Marwan Rashed, Université de Paris-IV Sorbonne, Paris
287. Professor Stuart Rees, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
288. Dr. Sophie Richter-Devroe, Exeter University, UK
289. Professor (emerita) Rosalie Riegle, Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan, USA
290. Professor Martina Rieker, American University of Cairo, Egypt
291. Dr. Rebecca Roberts, Independent scholar, UK
292. Professor Lisa Rofel, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
293. Professor Ben Rogaly, University of Sussex, UK
294. Professor Vincent Romani, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada
295. Professor (emerita) Hilary Rose, University of Bradford & Gresham College, London, UK
296. Professor (emeritus) Steven Rose, Open University & Gresham College, London, UK
297. Professor Jonathan Rosenhead, London School of Economics, University of London, UK
298. Dr. Alice Rothchild, MD, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, USA
299. Dr. Bashir Saade, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
300. Professor Hanan Sabea, American University-Cairo, Egypt
301. Professor Fatima Sadiqi, Senior Professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies ; Co-founder, International Institute for Languages and Cultures (INLAC), Fez, Morocco
302. Ann Sado, Independent lecturer, former Board member, Japan Oral History Association, Tokyo
303. Professor (emeritus) Sadao Sakai, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan
304. Professor Masaki Sakiyama, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
305. ****
306. Professor Ruba Salih, SOAS, University of London, UK
307. Professor Nisreen Salti, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
308. Dr. Adel Samara, author, editor Kanaan Review, Occupied Palestine
309. Mandy Sanger, Education Manager, District Six Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
310. Dr. Leena Saraste, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
311. Professor Cecilia Sardenberg, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
312. Professor Surajit Sarkar - Ambedkar University, Delhi. India
313. Dr. Rosemary Sayigh, Center for Arab and ME Studies,American University of Beirut, Lebanon
314. Professor (emeritus) Robert M. Schaible, University of Southern Maine, USA
315. Professor (emeritus) Pierre Schapira, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
316. Dr. Leonardo Schiocchet, Guest Researcher, Institute for Social Anthropology at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Post-doctoral grantee CAPES, Brazil
317. Professor Sarah Schulman, ACT UP Oral History Project, New York, USA
318. Professor Richard Seaford, University of Exeter, UK
319. Professor (Emerita) Evalyn F. Segal, PhD, San Diego State University, USA
320. Professor May Seikaly, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
321. Professor Sherene Seikaly, American University in Cairo, Egypt
322. Professor Jihane Sfeir, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
323. Dr. Anthony F. Shaker, Visiting Scholar McGill University, Montreal, Canada
324. Professor Anton Shammas, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
325. Dorothy Sheridan, Honorary Professor of History (retired), University of Sussex , UK.
326. Dr. Magid Shihade, Birzeit University, Palestine
327. Professor (emeritus) Kazuko Shiojiri, University of Tsukuba ; Tokyo International University ; Director, Institute of International Exchange (IIET), Japan
328. Professor Andor Skotnes, Chair, Dept. of History and Society, The Sage Colleges, Troy, NY, USA
329. Professor Souad Slim, University of Balamand, Lebanon
330. Richard Saumarez Smith, Professor, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
331. Dr. Graham Smith, Oral History Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London
332. Dr. Kobi Snitz, Weizmann Institute, Israel
333. Professor Dean Spade, Seattle University School of Law, Washington, USA
334. Dr. Jane Starfield, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
335. Professor Ted Steinberg, Case Western Reserve University, USA
336. Suzy Subways, SLAM ! Herstory Project, New York, NY
337. Professor Akiko Sugase, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
338. Dr. Ziad Suidan, Independent scholar, USA
339. Dr Mayssun Sukarieh , Fellow, Cogut Center for the Humanities, Brown University. USA.
340. Sady Sullivan, Independent Oral Historian Brooklyn, New York, USA
341. Dr. Hitoshi Suzuki, Area Study Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan
342. Professor Paul Tabar, Director, Institute for Migration Studies, Lebanese American Univ., Lebanon
343. Professor Neferti Tadiar, Barnard College, New York, USA
344. Rabah Tahraoui ,Professeur ,Université de Rouen, France
345. Professor Carlo Taibo, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
346. Professor Ghada Talhami, Lake Forest College, Illinois, USA
347. Professor Vera Tamari, Birzeit University, Palestine
348. Professor Lisa Taraki, Birzeit University, Palestine
349. Sibel Taylor, PhD candidate, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England
350. Professor Sunera Thobani, University of British Columbia, Canada
351. Professor Simona Tobia, University of Reading, UK
352. Professor (retired) Chizuko Tominaga, Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University, Japan
353. Professor Barry Trachtenberg, University of Albany, New York, USA
354. Professor Judith Tucker, Georgetown University, USA
355. Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Pro Vice Chancellor Māori, Dean of Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao The School of Māori and Pacific Development, The University of Waikato, New Zealand
356. Professor Masaki Uno, Hiroshima City University, Japan
357. Professor Sharon Utakis, Bronx Community College, City University of New York, USA
358. Professor C. Utathya, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
359. Professor Salim Vally, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
360. Dr. Toine Van Teeffelen, Arab Educational Institute, Bethlehem, Palestine
361. Professor Agustin Velloso, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED) Madrid, Spain
362. Professor Kamala Visweswaran, University of Texas, USA
363. Naomi Wallace, Independent scholar, award-winning playwright, UK/USA
364. Professor Devra Weber, University of California, Riverside, USA
365. Dr. Livia Celine Wick, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
366. Professor Mark R. Westmoreland, American University Cairo, Egypt
367. Professor Johnny Eric Williams, Trinity College, USA
368. Professor Ulrike Woehr, Hiroshima City University, Hiroshima, Japan
369. Dr. Patrick Wolfe, Trobe University, Australia
370. Adel Yahya, Director, Palestinian Association for Cultural Exchange (PACE), Ramallah, Palestine
371. Yoshihiro Yakushige, PhD student, Kyoto University, Japan
372. Dr. Hala Yameni, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, Palestine
373. Professor Nadia Yaqub, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
374. Professor Masae Yuasa, Hiroshima City University, Hiroshima, Japan
375. Professor (emeritus)Takehi Yukawa, Keio University, Japan
376. Omar Zahzah, PhD student, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
377. Professor (emeritus) Elia Zureik, Queen’s University, Canada
(**** O nome foi retirado na sequência do pedido do assinante)
De acordo com as seguintes campanhas de boicote académico e cultural : Academics for Palestine (Ireland) ;
AURDIP (France) ; BAB (Germany) ; BOYCOTT ! (Israel) ; BRICUP (UK) ; InCACBI (India) ; PACBI (Palestine) ; PBAI (Spain) ; USACBI (USA) - the Alternative Information Centre (Israel) ; Groundwell : Oral Historians for Social Change, core working group ; Independent Jewish Voices Canada ; University of Toronto SJP (Canada) ; SJP of UCLA – e por Ronnie Kasrils, antigo Ministro da África do Sul, ativista anti-apartheid e escritor.
Para adicionar o seu nome na lista de assinaturas envie o seu contacto para o correio eletrónico : hebrewuconferenceboycott chez gmail.com
A CONSIDERAÇÃO NECESSÀRIA E IMPORTANTE PARA A LIBERDADE ACADÉMICA :
O Comité das Nações Unidas sobre os Direitos Económicos, Sociais e Culturais, definem a liberdade académica como :
the liberty of individuals to express freely opinions about the institution or system in which they work, to fulfill their functions without discrimination or fear of repression by the state or any other actor, to participate in professional or representative academic bodies, and to enjoy all the internationally recognized human rights applicable to other individuals in the same jurisdiction. The enjoyment of academic freedom carries with it obligations, such as the duty to respect the academic freedom of others, to ensure the fair discussion of contrary views, and to treat all without discrimination on any of the prohibited grounds. [10]
Mantendo esta definição em mente, estamos conscientes da importância da liberdade académica do indivíduo, mas também que essas liberdades não se devem estender automaticamente às instituições. Judith Butler lembra que : " our struggles for academic freedom must work in concert with the opposition to state violence, ideological surveillance, and the systematic devastation of everyday life ". [11]
É função dos académicos desenvolver tal compreensão diferenciada da liberdade académica, se quisermos justiça social e trabalhar ao lado dos oprimidos, com base na liberdade, igualdade e a autodeterminação.
A academia israelita não é o bastião da dissidência e do liberalismo que é suposto ser por aqueles que defendem Israel e tentativa de deslegitimar o apelo ao boicote académico. A grande maioria da comunidade académica israelita é alheia à opressão do povo palestino - tanto dentro de Israel e nos territórios ocupados - e nunca se opôs às pràticas e políticas de seu estado. Na verdade, eles servem nas forças de reserva do exército de ocupação e, portanto tendem a ser ou autores ou testemunhas silenciosas da brutalidade cotidiana da ocupação. Eles também não hesitem como parceiros na pesquisa académica, com o estabelecimento da segurança militar, que é o principal arquiteto e executor da ocupação. A petição Dr.afted por quatro académicos israelitas simplesmente pedem ao governos israelita que " permita [palestinos] estudantes e professores de acesso livre a todos os campos no [ocupados] Territórios, e para permitir que professores e alunos que possuem passaportes estrangeiros para ensinar e estudo sem ser ameaçado com with Dr.awal de vistos de residência ", foi aprovado por apenas 407 de 9.000 académicos israelitas - menos de 5% das pessoas que foram convidadas a assiná-lo. [12]
Notes :
[1] The decision was published in the official Israeli Gazette (the Hebrew edition), number 1425. It was therefore "legalized" by Israel. This land, for the most part, was (still is) privately owned by Palestinians living in that area. A large part of the confiscated land was then given to the Hebrew University to expand its campus (mainly its dormitories). The Palestinian landowners refused to leave their lands and homes arguing that the confiscation order of 1968 was illegal. When the case was taken to the Jerusalem District Court in 1972 (file no. 1531/72), the court ruled in favor of the University and the state, deciding that the Palestinian families must evacuate their homes and be offered alternative housing. See also
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/12/un-report-accuses-israel-of-pushing-palestinians-from-jerusalem-west-bank/
[2] Keller, U. (2009) the Academic Boycott of Israel and the Complicity of Israeli Academic Institutions in Occupation of
Palestinian Territories. The Economy of the Occupation : A Socioeconomic Bulletin : Alternative Information Centre.
http://www.alternativenews.org/images/stories/downloads/Economy_of_the_occupation_23-24.pdf
[3] http://www.jpost.com/Local-Israel/In-Jerusalem/Hebrew-University-in-Arabic
[4] http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3827102,00.html
[6] http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?pr=71&code=mwp&p1=3&p2=4&p3=6&ca
[7] http://pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=869
[8] http://bdsmovement.net/?q=node/52
[9] http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=2102
[10] UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, “The Right to Education (Art.13),” December 8, 1999
http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/%28Symbol%29/ae1a0b126d068e868025683c003c8b3b?Opendocument
[11] Judith Butler. "Israel/Palestine and the Paradoxes of Academic Freedom." in : Radical Philosophy, Vol. 135. pp. 8-17, January/February 2006.
http://www.egs.edu/faculty/judith-butler/articles/israel-palestine-paradoxes-of-academic-freedom/
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