Word: anties
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Protesters will revive the Anti-ROTC Action Committee (ARAC...
...clear answer is "No." This is not because the topic itself is "too controversial." Rather, it is because the sponsors of the forum are interested in more than promoting a constructive discussion or aiding the victims of apartheid; they also wish to deceive their audience and promote their own anti-Israel agenda...
...Noam Chomsky, another key speaker. Renowned in the academic world for his work in linguistics, Chomsky is also known for anti-Zionism bordering on anti-Semitism. Chomsky loudly defends the rights of those Palestinians living within Israeli-controlled borders, although he seems less concerned with the plight of the 60 percent of Palestinians who live under the brutal rule of Jordan's King Hussein. Chomsky has long denied the right of Israel to exist. Should this person's enthusiasm for linking Israel and South Africa be regarded as a legitimate academic pursuit...
...qualifications of the speakers. Of the nine sponsors, five did not previously have apartheid on their agendas. Only one is exclusively devoted to the issue. Although the sponsors may be sincerely dedicated to the rights of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, some are sincerely anti-Israel as well. Should Harvard feel compelled to lend them its resources...
Agreed. But to have a group of pro-Palestinian organizations and anti-Israel speakers debate Israeli policy unlikely to accomplish that. It's akin to having a board of Christian fundamentalists discuss the legality of abortion, or having Zairean leader Sese Seko Mobutu speak about peace in Africa, for that matter. Although all views should be heard, treating such a forum as an academic pursuit would make a mockery of the term. To lend Harvard's credibility to a conference so imbalanced in its approach, so determined to push a particular point of view rather than to give...