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Haaretz Palestinian affairs reporter Amira Hass was asked to leave a conference at Ramallah’s Birzeit University last week because of the institution’s law banning Israeli Jews from the campus.
World renowned Israeli journalist Amira Hass, who has won numerous prizes for her courageous reporting on Israel's occupation of Palestine, is currently under attack. On April 4, two Israeli organisations requested that Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein launch an official investigation against Hass, accusing her of fomenting violence and terrorism in her article "The Inner Syntax of Palestinian Stone-Throwing", which had been published in Haaretz the day before.
www.aljazeera.com...
Throwing stones is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor of resistance. Persecution of stone-throwers, including 8-year-old children, is an inseparable part − though it’s not always spelled out − of the job requirements of the foreign ruler
The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, which organized the conference from which Amira was ejected, denounced her expulsion as “discrimination” and expressed its solidarity with her. In a statement, the university said it had “no objection to the presence of the reporter Hass” but felt justified “as a national institution to distinguish between friends of the Palestinian people and its enemies.”
On Tuesday, the university issued a tougher statement, regretting the “lamentable incident” excluding Amira
"In response to the controversy over the incident involving journalist Amira Hass, Birzeit University wishes to clarify its principled position of welcoming supporters of the Palestinian struggle and opponents of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, regardless of nationality, religion, ethnicity, or creed. Hence, Hass, who has consistently condemned the Israeli occupation, evinced support for Palestinian rights, and helped expose the discriminatory policies of occupation and its flagrant violations of these rights, is always welcome on our campus and at university events."
As it stands she was just asked to leave a meeting, hardly a big deal.
originally posted by: kitzik
a reply to: Zcustosmorum
As it stands she was just asked to leave a meeting, hardly a big deal.
Not a big deal, just shows how much they want peace. When in the areas they already have control they instilling no "Israeli Jews allowed" policy, no wonder that Israeli voters don't vote for leftist parties. It is just so obvious what will happen.
Seems like Israel has the same Policy to the Palestinians and everyone else.
originally posted by: kitzik
a reply to: Zcustosmorum
As it stands she was just asked to leave a meeting, hardly a big deal.
Not a big deal, just shows how much they want peace. When in the areas they already have control they instilling no "Israeli Jews allowed" policy, no wonder that Israeli voters don't vote for leftist parties. It is just so obvious what will happen.
originally posted by: kitzik
a reply to: Zcustosmorum
I'm not going to discuss all usual crying of pro Palestinian supporters. There is a lot to argue, but it was said million times.
Right here I just showed you small fact of Palestinian intolerance, can you deny this ?
If not, please shut up.
originally posted by: kitzik
a reply to: Zcustosmorum
I'm not going to discuss all usual crying of pro Palestinian supporters. There is a lot to argue, but it was said million times.
Right here I just showed you small fact of Palestinian intolerance, can you deny this ?
If not, please shut up.
Hardly, she was asked to leave because she was an Israeli journalist
originally posted by: kitzik
a reply to: Zcustosmorum
Hardly, she was asked to leave because she was an Israeli journalist
Yes, I wrote that she was expelled because she was Israeli jew. It is factually right, because Israeli arabs are allowed.
I can't make my point more clear without mentioning that she is a jewish woman.
originally posted by: kitzik
a reply to: ugmold
Don't derail thread, I asked you specific narrow question.
Is there any Israeli University with "No Palestinian Arab allowed on the campus " ?
Nearly half of Arab students who passed their matriculation exams failed to win a place in higher education because they performed poorly in the Psychometric Entrance Test, compared to 20% of Jewish applicants. Khaled Arar, a professor at Beit Berl College, believes the psychometric test is culturally biased: "The gap in psychometric scores between Jewish and Arab students has remained steady – at more than 100 points out of a total of 800 – since 1982. That alone should have raised suspicions."