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Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv University – Ben Dror Yemini, Maariv Editor, blasts Tel Aviv University and its Dept of Philosophy for hosting a Hamas Conference chaired by Uri Hadar (Dept of Psychology)The Law School of Tel Aviv University will hold today (Thursday April 15) a conference under the title, “Voices from Gaza,” composed purely of far leftist speakers. It will be based on “video conferencing.” Some of the speakers are well known as supporters and defenders of the Hezb’Allah and the Hamas in the United States. Some will appear in live video broadcast from Gaza. The conference chairman in Israel is Prof. Uri Hadar (Tel Aviv University, psychology) – a signatory on almost all the petitions of the radical Left. These include statements supporting Azmi Bishara and Tali Fahima, as well as support for people refusing to serve in the Israeli army. Maariv has learned that numerous officials in the University are outraged at the holding of this conference but fear voicing their opinion in public.
Isracampus Translation: Tel Aviv University holds Hamas Conference The following is a translation of the relevant
segments of a column by the editor of Maariv, Ben Dror Yemini, which
appeared in the paper April 15, 2010 – in Hebrew it is here: Incitement at Tel Aviv University or “Voices from Gaza”? By Ben Dror Yemini A Conference to be Held Today will include Speakers from the Radical Left who support the Hezb’Allah and the Hamas. University response: “We are just maintaining academic freedom and independence.” *** The Law School of Tel Aviv University will hold today (Thursday April 15) a conference under the title, “Voices from Gaza,” composed purely of far leftist speakers. It will be based on “video conferencing.” Some of the speakers are well known as supporters and defenders of the Hezb’Allah and the Hamas in the United States. Some will appear in live video broadcast from Gaza. The conference chairman in Israel is Prof. Uri Hadar (Tel Aviv University, psychology) – a signatory on almost all the petitions of the radical Left. These include statements supporting Azmi Bishara and Tali Fahima, as well as support for people refusing to serve in the Israeli army. Maariv has learned that numerous officials in the University are outraged at the holding of this conference but fear voicing their opinion in public. Recently the Board of Governors of the University has been holding a fierce debate over the radical faculty members there who support the boycott against university. Similar conferences to this triggered rage in the past among donors to the university. But this time it appears a red line was crossed. Because this time the conference was based purely on radical leftist speakers, even though the University is trying to claim otherwise. From the American side the conference will be hosted by [Hamas apologist and groupie] Sara Roy from Harvard University. Roy has become the chief spokesperson for the fantasy that the Hamas is moderate and pragmatic. She claims unsurprisingly that it is Israel that is completely responsible for the crisis in Gaza, ignoring the Hamas’ refusal to accept the conditions of the “Quartet” – something that would end the blockade of Gaza – and completely ignoring the anti-Semitic character of the Hamas. [Plaut note – Yemini
knows about Roy because I sent him this - The Hamas could not dream of a better spokesperson! She is Jewish, daughter to parents who survived the Holocaust, and teaches at the prestigious Harvard. But even in the academic world it is impossible to disguise Roy’s un-academic political character. Tufts University refused to publish one of her articles because it was so one-sided [again- Yemini relying on above Plaut expose]. In that arti |