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What happened with Tom Paulin is no different. Paulin is not simply someone who supports Palestinian rights, as you try to whitewash him. He is someone who has said that Brooklyn-born Jews living in the West Bank should be killed (infants too?), that they are all Nazis worthy of hatred. Such a person, whatever his accomplishments as a poet, has no place in a world of civilized discourse...
When the department invited Paulin to give the annual speech last winter, he had not yet told Egypt’s Al-Ahram Weekly newspaper that Brooklyn-born Jews who have settled in the West Bank “should be shot dead.” “I think they are Nazis, racists,” he said, “I feel nothing but hatred for them...
...were right—as was University President Lawrence H. Summers, who expressed his concerns about Paulin directly to members of the English department, according to the Boston Globe. A poet more than anyone should recognize the power of words. If Paulin is going to advocate killing civilians, whether Brooklyn-born Jewish settlers or ardent Palestinian nationalists, he should find no welcome at this University...
...paper also reported that Paulin said that Brooklyn-born Jews who move to Israeli settlements in disputed territories “should be shot...
Particularly offensive were his remarks about Brooklyn-born Jews who move to Israeli settlements in disputed territories. “They should be shot,” he told Al-Ahram. “I think they are Nazis, racists. I have nothing but hatred for them...