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...advocate and practitioner of human rights throughout the world, I can confidently assert that Israel??€™s record on human rights is among the best, especially among nations that have confronted comparable threats. Though far from perfect, Israel has shown extraordinary concern for avoiding civilian casualties in its half-century effort to protect its civilians from terrorism. Jordan killed more Palestinians in a single month than Israel has between 1948 and the present...
...signers of this petition have been criticized for proposing one-sided action against Israelis but not Palestinians, showing insensitivity to Israel??€™s security needs, singling out the human rights abuses by Israel but ignoring abuses elsewhere and fostering anti-Semitism. We consider each point in turn...
...signers of the divestment petition fail to consider Israel??€™s security needs? On the contrary, we believe that the two-state outcome sought by this petition offers the best hope of securing Israel??€™s long-term future. Many Israelis agree, for history has shown again and again that no people will be secure in this region until all people are. Suicide attacks are likely to continue until Palestinians have a stake in peace. The divestment petition aims to create a secure Israel beside a secure Palestine...
...direct at it. If Summers wants to lend Sharon the support of Harvard, let him do so openly and not hide behind slurs against faculty members exercising their right of political expression. Summers’ ill-considered statements only show again how unsuited he is to lead Harvard. Israel??€™s security lies in withdrawing from the occupied territories, not in continuing the attempt to occupy them fully. If Summers has nothing constructive to say, he should say nothing...
Hanson recently voiced a controversial opinion in favor of the University divesting itself from Israel, but he says his ideological disagreement with University President Lawrence H. Summers—a vocal supporter of Israel??€”is not the reason he is departing. Hanson said he and Rosenberger had been planning to give up their posts for about a year...