This article was published yesterday in Maariv Newspaper about the decision of the Union of Academics in UK to boycot the israeli universities because ´how Israel treat the palestinian´. This is a must read for all you. BRITISH HYPOCRITES (Article by Ben-Dror Yemini, Ma'ariv, 31.5.07, pp. 1, 9) Why are we witnessing a recurrent historical phenomenon, a different law for Jews - a unique and racist law - as opposed to all others? It is not morality. Because, if human rights and human lives were what interested the British, they would devote much greater energy to what is happening in Darfur than to what is happening in the West Bank. The British lecturers know the truth. They are at least supposed to know. They know that in Chechnya, for example, Putin's Russia wiped out tens of thousands of Muslims; some say hundreds of thousands, in order to regain control of the rebellious region. They know that the Israeli army is the epitome of humanity compared to the Russian army. They know that in Central Europe, in Srebrenica, more Muslims were slaughtered in one week than have been killed in 40 years of Israeli occupation. They know that British soldiers, who control the Basra area in Iraq, and US soldiers in Baghdad and in other areas, behave much less humanly than do the Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, or Judea and Samaria. They know that the Syrian regime brutally suppresses the Kurdish minority, and jails any intellectual who dares to open his mouth against the regime. And, given this, they have not decided to boycott Russia, Britain, the USA or Syria. A partial list. They have decided to boycott only Israel. Why? How is it that, once again, the Jews - excuse me, citizens of the Jewish collective - are again deserving of boycotts even though they did not perpetrate any crime against humanity then, seventy or eighty years ago, or now, if we compare what other countries have done, including Britain, to what Israel is doing to the Palestinians. Why? Why are we witnessing an astounding, recurrent and disturbing historical phenomenon of a different law for Jews - a unique and racist law - than for all others? It is not morality. Stupid is the person who thinks that the British morality glands are working overtime. Hypocrisy does not go hand in hand with morality. Because boycotting Israel and not Syria or Russia, leads the British hypocrisy, and not the British morality, to new records. Because if human rights and human lives were what interested the British, they would devote much greater energy to what is happening in Darfur than to what is happening in the West Bank. The answer, hard to believe, is petrol. The conflict here shakes the stability of the world oil markets. British lecturers are deluding themselves that sacrificing Israel will appease the Muslim tiger. They, at least, want to ingratiate themselves with the nations that control most of the petroleum market. They are not boycotting the Saudis whose repression of women is much greater than the repression of the Palestinians. And not the miserable dictatorships of other oil nations. Are you kidding? They wouldn't dare. True, the main reason is brainwashing. The blue screen transmits to the British - and not just to them - many more pictures from Beit Hanun in Gaza then from Chechnya or Basra. About Darfur there is not much to say. Arab Muslims are massacring black Muslims, a real massacre. Genocide. Hundreds of thousands have already been murdered. Millions of refugees. And that's alright. Because the hypocrisy of the British academics is not easily excited about anything unless it is portrayed on the television screen. And what is on the screen is mainly what is easy to attack. Not what needs to be attacked. The good news is that things must be put into perspective. Two months ago I was present at some lectures in the framework of "Apartheid Week" that called, for example, for the destruction of Israel. Some well poisoners from here were present, such as Yitzhak Lior and Eyal Sivan, Israelis who abhor the Jews' right to their own country. And - lo and behold - the lecture halls were nearly empty. Those present were mostly Palestinian students, a few Jewish Israel-hating activists and a marginal smattering of somnambulant left-wing radicals. Most British know that the problem is not occupied Palestine. The problem is Londonstan, which is being overrun by Islamists who declare vociferously: We want to raise the green flag over London. And therefore, the lecturers' decision is, for the most part, proof of the decline and miserable state of its academia. I only wish that it were possible to say that it is only happening there. This disease is here as well.
It’s a good step in the right direction. Let’s start first with the apartheid-like regime of Israel and the rest will follow.
What the heck, this is the first I have heard of this. I think that is crazy. I have always thought England is such a great country. What could they be thinking?!
British are incredible...they stole the Malvinas Falklands and many other lands and they think they are in the position to talk about others...its really funny