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More than 300 Harvard law students participated in Thursday's boycott of classes, intended to protest a lack of diversity on the school's faculty. The boycott was held in conjunction with National Law Student Strike Day, which was initiated by law students at the University of California at Berkeley three years...
...Arab nations which have refused to recognize Israel and have maintained a state of belligerency with the state of Israel," the resolution read, "should recognize Israel, end the economic boycott against Israel, end the state of belligerency with Israel, and enter into direct negotiations with Israel to achieve these objectives...
More than a week ago, a delegation of U.S. legislators presented the crown prince of Kuwait with a letter signed by 90 senators, urging the Kuwaiti government to end its economic boycott of Israel. Such a move on Kuwait's part would be a major confidence-building measure, and would also benefit many U.S. contractors who do business with Israel and are thus not currently allowed by the Kuwaiti government to help rebuild that devastated country...
...took a trip to Tel Aviv by Egypt's then-President Anwar Sadat, which implicitly recognized Israel's right to exist, to get that process rolling. A move by any of the Arab countries to end the economic boycott, cease the state of war with Israel or simply agree to sit down and talk could lead to similarly significant breakthroughs...
...years and ease its harsh policies of arresting and deporting suspected Palestinian troublemakers. The Arabs, in return, could end their formal states of belligerency against Israel (Saudi Arabia, Syria and several other countries are officially still at war with what they term the "Zionist entity") and call off their boycott of foreign companies that do business with the Jewish state. The idea is that if each side could overcome its fear of going first and being snubbed, concessions might prompt reciprocal concessions and build some momentum toward peace...