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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 16:01 30/09/2006 Irish embassy rejects call by academics for a boycott of Israel institutions By Daphna Berman, Haaretz Correspondent The Irish embassy in Israel has denounced a recent call by Irish academics for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, describing it as "counterproductive." "The Irish government does not support any move to isolate Israel or Israeli institutions," a spokesperson for the Irish embassy in Tel Aviv told Haaretz. "Our aim is always to come to a maximum possible inclusive dialogue. We want to find a true solution to the situation and closing off dialogue would be counterproductive." Advertisement Prominent members of the Irish community in Israel have also condemned the call as discriminatory. "This was a narrow-minded and prejudiced statement," former Chief Rabbi of Ireland Dr. Isaac Cohen, who lives in Jerusalem, said. "To boycott academics who are doing international work in Israel for the whole of society is an act of prejudice. The [signatories] are adopting current academic views in Europe, where anti-Semitism is growing at a rapid pace." Last week the Irish Times published a letter in which 61 academics, including Prof. James Bowen, chair of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, called for a moratorium on European Union grants and contracts to Israeli academic institutions "until Israel abides by UN resolutions and ends the occupation of Palestinian territories." "We feel it is time to heed the Palestinian call to take practical action to pressure Israel to comply with international law and basic human rights norm," the letter said. "We urge our fellow academics to support this moratorium by refraining, where possible, from further joint collaborations with Israeli academic institutions." Dublin-born Malcolm Gafson, chair of the Israel-Ireland Friendship League, was critical of the boycott call and said the 61 academics who signed the statement are not representative of the overall Irish sentiment. "Like all boycotts, this one opposes international principles of academic freedom," Gafson said. "This letter was not put forth by an official academic body, as opposed to other calls in Europe," he noted. "There are certain groups that are hard at work in Ireland putting out untruths [about Israel]. These are people who are looking for a chance to promote their anti-Israel and anti-Zionist message and other people with their latent anti-Semitism are jumping on the bandwagon." Bookmark to del.icio.us For their grandparents Many young Israelis are joining groups to honor their grandparents' pre-Shoah communities. Something fishy here... Amnon Levy's candid camera show catches frozen fish importer adjusting sell-by dates.   1.   thanks to g`d - 11:29  |  saul a. readner 29/09/06   2.   Good decision : let`s not mix everything! 11:52  |  Francois 29/09/06   3.   Israel must be boycotted 12:44  |  Stephen Murray 29/09/06   4.   "Prominent members of the Irish community in Israel" 12:49  |  Rowan Berkeley 29/09/06   5.   The Irish 12:50  |  James Johnson 29/09/06   6.   Academics` boycott 13:16  |  Sarah 29/09/06   7.   Stephen Murray/Amsterdam 13:27  |  Nechama 29/09/06   8.   Good for them... 13:32  |  Edith 29/09/06   9.   Irish boycott rap! 13:35  |  Kym Rapper 29/09/06   10.   Academic boycott - to Mr Murray 13:36  |  Daniel 29/09/06   11.   Who cares 13:40  |  Sal 29/09/06   12.   Call by academics 13:41  |  Jozef 29/09/06   13.   Dream on Steve Murray 13:42  |  British academic 29/09/06   14.   #4 Rowing Berkeley 13:53  |  Sarah 29/09/06   15.   TO MURRAY and HAARETZ # 3 13:55  |  iguana pacheca 29/09/06   16.   Nechama #5 13:58  |  Israeli 29/09/06   17.   #2 Francois` selective boycotting 14:00  |  Yonatan 29/09/06   18.   #17: So oranges are hi-tech products 14:27  |  Felix 29/09/06   19.   Israeli #16 14:27  |  Nechama 29/09/06   20.   Biritish Academic #13 14:31  |  Nechama 29/09/06   21.   # 2 Francois 14:32  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   22.   Good on Irish 14:34  |  An Australian 29/09/06   23.   Rowan Berkeley 14:35  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   24.   #7: Nechama: Israel defending itself? 14:36  |  Stephen Murray 29/09/06   25.   #15: Iguana: Repeating myself 14:44  |  Stephen Murray 29/09/06   26.   #17Felix 14:49  |  Sarah 29/09/06   27.   the truth?? #25 14:54  |  iguana_pacheca 29/09/06   28.   To Nechama 14:54  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   29.   To Nechama 2 14:56  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   30.   To right!!! To boycott Israel for what???? 15:00  |  Nicole 29/09/06   31.   #1 Felix - oranges was 50 yers ago! 15:06  |  Yonatan 29/09/06   32.   Reply to #17 Yonatan 15:06  |  Francois 29/09/06   33.   Steven Murray agrees with Hezbollahs proposal to "kill all jews" 15:06  |  British academic 29/09/06   34.   Stephen Murray in Amsterdam 15:08  |  Gerbensma 29/09/06   35.   Reply to #30 ChanahS 15:10  |  Francois 29/09/06   36.   Jeroen 15:14  |  Gerbensma 29/09/06   37.   Steve Murray supports violent Jihad and death to minorities 15:15  |  British academic 29/09/06   38.   #26 15:16  |  Felix 29/09/06   39.   Where is Irish lady and real Irish? to see their comments 15:17  |  Gaza Boy 29/09/06   40.   #32 Francois - hi-tech update 15:17  |  Yonatan 29/09/06   41.   to jeroen & murray in Nederland on boycots 15:22  |  Joe Moer 29/09/06   42.   Felix # 18 15:23  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   43.   #28 Jeroen 15:26  |  Ronnie 29/09/06   44.   British Academic may need to study more 15:26  |  Michael 29/09/06   45.   Jeroen # # 28 15:26  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   46.   stephen Murray 15:28  |  Yariv 29/09/06   47.   Final reply to #40 Yonatan 15:30  |  Francois 29/09/06   48.   stephen Murray#25 15:31  |  Yariv 29/09/06   49.   Joe Moer from Dooskop 15:33  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   50.   Boycott Irish supporters of terror 15:35  |  Father MicO`Flaherty 29/09/06   51.   all this talking and what happened duringly!!!!!!!!!!! 15:36  |  Gerbensma 29/09/06   52.   Numerus Clausus is alive and well 15:37  |  Spaghetti Eastern 29/09/06   53.   # 32 never bought a Saudi product????? 15:39  |  Bob 29/09/06   54.   Stephen Murray`s "logic" 15:40  |  Proud Zionist 29/09/06   55.   Michael of course not 15:44  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   56.   Reply to #51 Gerbensma 15:49  |  Francois 29/09/06   57.   Criminal motivated act or.... 15:54  |  Gerbensma 29/09/06   58.   and please explain while there is a high level alert 15:55  |  Gerbensma 29/09/06   59.   #33 Not quite true 16:17  |  Outsider 29/09/06   60.   # 58 16:26  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   61.   To Ronnie 16:29  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   62.   To CahnahS 16:34  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   63.   To Bob at Long Island 16:40  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   64.   To Gerbensma @36 16:46  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   65.   A friendly hello 16:49  |  a really hot guy 29/09/06   66.   What home in Israel michael 16:53  |  British Academic 29/09/06   67.   not enough! we must also attack them showing their hypocracy and 16:57  |  ralph 29/09/06   68.   The challenge is: How should we punish Israel? 16:57  |  Ibrahim 29/09/06   69.   Michael the learned scholar 16:59  |  British academic 29/09/06   70.   Stephen Murry #3 17:11  |  Roland 29/09/06   71.   Irish boycott 17:21  |  Roland 29/09/06   72.   66HOW CAN WE CIVILISE ARABS IBRAHIM?? 17:56  |  paul harris 4 29/09/06   73.   Where Mr Murrey gets his words. 17:57  |  David Nigel Braham 29/09/06   74.   #50 EVER HEARD OF THE PALE OFLAHERTY?? 17:59  |  paul harris 3 29/09/06   75.   Let us boycott Stephen Murray 18:16  |  Jasmine Murphy 29/09/06   76.   Irish academic boycott 18:19  |  Nick Ferriman 29/09/06   77.   Howsit to Joe and Chana 18:24  |  Hulle Praat Twak 29/09/06   78.   Father Mic: talking about walls 18:26  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 29/09/06   79.   prozac for Ibrahim 18:33  |  Jasmine Murphy 29/09/06   80.   Academic boycott would be stupid and wrongfull 18:35  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   81.   Murray #3 18:44  |  Cynthia 29/09/06   82.   Jeroen 18:49  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 29/09/06   83.   exploiting anti-Semitism 18:51  |  Pssed Off American 29/09/06   84.   paul harris, how can we get you to chill out? 18:55  |  Ibrahim 29/09/06   85.   James Bowen 19:02  |  Jonathan 29/09/06   86.   to Jeroen #63 (t0 gerbensma #36) 19:04  |  Gerbensma 29/09/06   87.   To Margie in TA 19:07  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   88.   Jonathan about James Bowen 19:15  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 29/09/06   89.   To Gerbensma 19:17  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   90.   British possiby, but Academic? 19:51  |  Michael 29/09/06   91.   Jeroen # 62 19:56  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   92.   Pssed off american 19:57  |  British academic 29/09/06   93.   Jeroen # 63 19:59  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   94.   Nick 20:00  |  Yariv 29/09/06   95.   Look what happened to the oxford academic 20:02  |  British academic 29/09/06   96.   #61 Jeroen 20:03  |  Ronnie 29/09/06   97.   # 73 20:10  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   98.   # 77 20:13  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   99.   Psseed of @ 83 20:17  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   100.   # 84 Ibrahim 20:21  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   101.   Michael # 90 20:26  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   102.   Stephen Murray 20:57  |  Phillipo 29/09/06   103.   Chanah - right of return is partly psychological 20:58  |  Michael 29/09/06   104.   Singling out Israel is antisemitic, pure and simple 21:02  |  Gina 29/09/06   105.   Jeroen from Amsterdam 21:07  |  Tulip from Amsterdam 29/09/06   106.   Poor Pals 21:08  |  Bristolian 29/09/06   107.   academics 21:19  |  Joe 29/09/06   108.   Bristolian the hah hah part 1 21:31  |  British academic 29/09/06   109.   Gina...has nothing to with anti semitism 21:35  |  Ibrahim 29/09/06   110.   To Tulip 21:45  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   111.   A colony...the size of wales 21:52  |  British academic 29/09/06   112.   ChanahS, the expert on marriage relations in the ME 21:57  |  Ibrahim 29/09/06   113.   Tulip, don`t worry we make them here too 22:00  |  Ibrahim 29/09/06   114.   Sorry to Ronnie and ChaanahS 22:01  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   115.   Irish boycott rap 2 22:03  |  Kym the rapper 29/09/06   116.   Ibrahim Hi again... 22:06  |  Daniel 29/09/06   117.   Ibrahim -- the difference 22:08  |  Gina 29/09/06   118.   LET US BOYCOTT ISRAEL 22:10  |  Father Mic OFlaharty 29/09/06   119.   british academic 22:15  |  Pssd Off American 29/09/06   120.   Stephen Murpy and his "brilliant" ideas 22:32  |  Margo 29/09/06   121.   # 106 Bristolian 22:35  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   122.   Father Mic Oflaharty 22:38  |  Maureen Ann 29/09/06   123.   Israeli Jewish brilliance response to #28 Jeroen 22:39  |  Margo 29/09/06   124.   Jeroen #29 22:42  |  Margo 29/09/06   125.   Ibrahim # 109 22:42  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   126.   Paul Harris GREAT RESPONCE # 72 22:46  |  Margo 29/09/06   127.   #72 Paul Harris 22:47  |  Maureen Ann 29/09/06   128.   British Academic # 111 22:51  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   129.   #22 Australian-Is your fist name Imperial and your second .... 22:53  |  maureen Ann 29/09/06   130.   Ibrahim # 112 22:56  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   131.   # 114 Jeroen 22:59  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   132.   Father Mic OFlaharty 23:01  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   133.   @123 Margo 23:02  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   134.   Ibrahim 84! THIS IS FUNNY! 23:04  |  Margo 29/09/06   135.   Sanctions on Israel 23:04  |  Maureen Ann 29/09/06   136.   Jeroen re Nobel Prize 23:05  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   137.   Jerone 133 23:09  |  Margo 29/09/06   138.   @123 Margo; here we go again 23:10  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   139.   To ChanahS #128 23:11  |  Pssd Off American 29/09/06   140.   Father Mic Oflaherty 23:15  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 29/09/06   141.   To ChanahS 23:17  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   142.   To 119. Serious charges against Israel/against Arabs 23:28  |  Altalena 29/09/06   143.   To Margo, last respond 23:32  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   144.   Jeroen here YOU go again 23:33  |  Margo 29/09/06   145.   Encouraging jihad over spilt milk 23:35  |  British academic 29/09/06   146.   Jeroen to Chana S Bragging?? 23:41  |  Margo 29/09/06   147.   Pssed off American 141 23:46  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   148.   Pissed off American # 141 con`t 23:52  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   149.   # 141 Jeroen 23:55  |  ChanahS 29/09/06   150.   Pssed off american so why Israel? 23:56  |  British academic 29/09/06   151.   @144 Margo, here`s an example 23:58  |  Jeroen 29/09/06   152.   Altalena 00:14  |  Pssd Off American 30/09/06   153.   Stephen Murray 00:18  |  Yossi 30/09/06   154.   ChanaS 00:25  |  Pssd Off American 30/09/06   155.   To Nechama the Megaloman 00:38  |  Clickright 30/09/06   156.   on boycotts 00:41  |  Joe 30/09/06   157.   Pssed off americans arab propoganda sites..from protocols to Hezb 00:47  |  British academic 30/09/06   158.   Jeroen 00:49  |  Ronnie 30/09/06   159.   Irish Academic Boycott 00:52  |  John S 30/09/06   160.   Pssd of American, you`re right, it`s not up to you 01:15  |  Jake 30/09/06   161.   pssd off American 01:17  |  Joe 30/09/06   162.   british academic 01:19  |  Pssd Off American 30/09/06   163.   Margie in Tel Aviv/China`s laser technology 01:42  |  Maureen Ann 30/09/06   164.   to all my zionist freinds 02:37  |  Nasser 30/09/06   165.   Who cares about the Irish ? 03:26  |  Oscar 30/09/06   166.   Daniel, I am suggesting the South African Model 03:41  |  Ibrahim 30/09/06   167.   Margo, what percentage of wife abusers are arrested? 03:44  |  Ibrahim 30/09/06   168.   ChanahS, how convenient of you 03:47  |  Ibrahim 30/09/06   169.   Channah, regarding Aparthied 03:49  |  Ibrahim 30/09/06   170.   Path to Nowhere 05:08  |  Not in my Name 30/09/06   171.   #163 WITH FRIENDS LIKE MAUREEN ......... 06:55  |  paul harris 30/09/06   172.   Israel would do well to emulate Ireland 08:05  |  Ehud, (Rabbi ret.) 30/09/06   173.   Arabs chose to have their homes in Israel? No 66 08:13  |  Lebanese admirer 30/09/06   174.   The South African Model 09:00  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 30/09/06   175.   Pissed off American, 154 09:06  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 30/09/06   176.   Clickright : wrong of course 09:07  |  Jasmine Murphy 30/09/06   177.   and more, Clickright 09:08  |  Jasmine Murphy 30/09/06   178.   Maureen Ann 09:11  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 30/09/06   179.   Ibrahim -- world peace 09:23  |  Gina 30/09/06   180.   Pssd Off American -- of course you would 09:37  |  Gina 30/09/06   181.   #84 Ibrahim and women`s rights 10:19  |  Yonatan 30/09/06   182.   Ireland is an occupied country 10:59  |  Aumann 30/09/06   183.   Father Mic 11:22  |  Michael II 30/09/06   184.   Chanah # 21 11:56  |  Gina 30/09/06   185.   Paul Harris/ Conspiracy theory 12:05  |  Maureen Ann 30/09/06   186.   60 loudmouthed lefties out of thousands.Who do they represent? 12:47  |  PETER SM 30/09/06   187.   MURRAY you have 2 adjectives and not one original thought. 12:51  |  PETER SM 30/09/06   188.   Yariv 94 13:26  |  Nick Ferriman 30/09/06   189.   #183 Gina 13:33  |  Ronnie 30/09/06   190.   To No. 3, Stephen Murray," Israel must be boycotted" 14:05  |  Shlomzion 30/09/06   191.   Israel to join OECD. #183 Gina: info-sources 14:42  |  Felix 30/09/06   192.   israel-jewish nobel-prizes 15:46  |  Felix 30/09/06   193.   to Nasser, 164 15:56  |  Joe 30/09/06   194.   173: Leb inventing countries rather than fixing his own 16:02  |  David Teich 30/09/06   195.   Womens rights to see their children fed to.... 16:06  |  maureen Ann 30/09/06   196.   TERRA NULLIUS 16:23  |  Maureen Ann 30/09/06   197.   Lebanese admirer 16:43  |  Sarah 30/09/06   198.   MAUREEN ANN. Give your figures for Israeli Arab living standards 16:50  |  PETER SM 30/09/06   199.   Maureen Ann supports the gentle Hamas 17:09  |  British academic 30/09/06   200.   Nasser, You`ve along way to go 17:13  |  Aby 30/09/06   201.   Boycott Nasser,Murray Jeroen 17:29  |  Dani 30/09/06   202.   The Irish. 17:53  |  David Nigel Braham 30/09/06   203.   Womens rights to see their children fed to.... 17:57  |  Bruce 30/09/06   204.   Ibrahim # 169 18:29  |  ChanahS 30/09/06   205.   Ehud # 172 18:33  |  ChanahS 30/09/06   206.   # 173 Lebanese admirer 18:36  |  ChanahS 30/09/06   207.   Pissd off American and Margie`s # 175 18:40  |  ChanahS 30/09/06   208.   Gina # 183 18:47  |  ChanahS 30/09/06   209.   Felix # 188 19:00  |  ChanahS 30/09/06   210.   THE PEOPLE MUST LEAD ... 19:04  |  Dutch 30/09/06   211.   #24 -- Stephen Murray 19:08  |  Pat 30/09/06   212.   Those that can`t do ... teach. 19:09  |  Jason 30/09/06   213.   #33 - British academic - the problem at hand 19:14  |  Pat 30/09/06   214.   #51 -- Gerbensma -- Judeopathy -- that`s why! 19:18  |  Pat 30/09/06   215.   #192 Maureen Ann`s "women`s rights" 19:22  |  Yonatan 30/09/06   216.   #118 -- I HAVE AN IDEA! 19:22  |  Pat 30/09/06   217.   #175 Margie and Benny Morris 19:22  |  Boycott 30/09/06   218.   Palestinian "honor" and Palestinian mothers 19:30  |  Pat 30/09/06   219.   Pssed off American 19:33  |  Pat 30/09/06   220.   Oscar -- oil and America 19:38  |  Pat 30/09/06   221.   Boycott my chum 20:46  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 30/09/06   222.   #221 Dear Margie 21:37  |  Boycott 30/09/06   223.   pissed off american 21:50  |  g n trevelyan 30/09/06   224.   Irish boycott - 1/4 are sociologists 21:58  |  Clara 30/09/06   225.   Steven Murray & Ibrahim 22:38  |  Ghost of Holocaust 30/09/06   226.   Dear Boycott 23:04  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 30/09/06   227.   Yonatan, regarding women`s rights 23:41  |  Ibrahim 30/09/06   228.   Channah on Mandela and Tutu 23:45  |  Ibrahim 30/09/06   229.   Irish Academic Boycott/John S 23:51  |  Roy da Boy 30/09/06   230.   Right Decision by the Irish Embassy 23:55  |  turk 30/09/06   231.   irish embassy 04:15  |  james 01/10/06   232.   Ibrahim 07:28  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/10/06   233.   Thank you Ronnie 08:30  |  Gina 01/10/06   234.   #204 ChanahS 09:09  |  maoriboy 01/10/06   235.   Ibrahim # 228 09:55  |  ChanahS 01/10/06   236.   Ibrahim # 228 09:57  |  ChanahS 01/10/06   237.   #227 Ibrahim 09:57  |  Yonatan 01/10/06   238.   zeev 10:23  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 01/10/06   239.   #68 Ibrahim 21:42  |  Jake 01/10/06   240.   a curse to Irish 18:14  |  George Duraising 02/10/06   241.   To Jeroen -serial Israel denier 16:43  |  Gerbenma 03/10/06   242.   Let`s be realistic 06:09  |  Les Eve 09/10/06   243.   The Irish always favour the Underdog ie..the Palestinians 12:09  |  James 10/10/06

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