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Summers has drawn headlines since early in his tenure, and his final weeks in office have been no different. He kicked off June by attacking a British professors union’s resolution to boycott Israeli academics who do not denounce “continuing Israeli apartheid policies.” In a statement, Summers called the boycott “anti-Semitic in both effect and in intent...
...being conventional wisdom in the rest of the country tomorrow." Berkeley, after all, was the first city to start curbside recycling, ban Styrofoam and desegregate its public schools without a court order. Berkeley also took the lead in calling for municipalities to divest from South Africa during the apartheid...
...think those who went there in years past and who now provide its financial support will react with alarm should they become enlightened and allow too many female professors, or give too much support to the portion of their students that are gay, or end their policy of supporting apartheid through investments. In a sense, then, alumni are already putting on pressure, and Harvard is already conforming to what it perceives as their wishes. You—alumni of years past, and those that will become alumni after today’s ceremonies—have a great opportunity. Continue...
...their effect if not their intent,” Summers said at the time. On Tuesday, one of Britain’s largest unions of university instructors passed a resolution urging its members to boycott speeches by Israeli academics who do not condemn “continuing Israeli apartheid policies, including construction of the exclusion wall and discriminatory educational practice.” Summers called the union’s action “anti-Semitic.” In a statement issued Thursday, Summers said that “there is much that should be, indeed that must...
...surprise that the same people who are critical of Israel tended to be highly critical of South Africa's apartheid regime and are now highly critical of the Sudanese government," he said. "If Israel has been singled out in any way, it has been through its exemption from criticism and the allegation that criticism of Israel is somehow anti-Semitism...