Zuerst habe ich es in Lilas Blog gelesen: Tut mir leid, [Letters from Rungholt]: Britische Professoren haben wahrhaftig und wirklich einen Boykott Israels beschlossen:
Israeli leaders and academics Monday slammed a vote by the largest university and college lecturers’ union in Britain in favor of a motion recommending that its members boycott Israeli academics and institutions that do not publicly declare their opposition to Israeli policy in the territories.
The motion passed with 106 in favor and 71 against. There were 21 abstentions. The 69,000-member National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) debated the proposal for the boycott at its annual conference in the northern English city of Blackpool. Two parts of the motion passed with a show of hands while a third went to a vote. Under the boycott, union members also will not submit articles to Israeli research journals. (Ha’aretz)
und dann auch einen passenden (schon etwas älteren Brief dazu veröffentlicht)…:
“From: ‘Andrew Wilkie’ awilkie@worf.molbiol.ox.ac.uk To: ‘Amit Duvshani’ Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 9:58 AM Subject: Re: PhD application
Dear Amit Duvshani,
Thank you for contacting me, but I don’t think this would work. I have a huge problem with the way that the Israelis take the moral high ground from their appalling treatment in the Holocaust, and then inflict gross human rights abuses on the Palestinians because they (the Palestinians) wish to live in their own country.
I am sure that you are perfectly nice at a personal level, but no way would I take on somebody who had served in the Israeli army. As you may be aware, I am not the only UK scientist with these views but I’m sure you will find another suitable lab if you look around.
Yours sincerely, Andrew Wilkie
Nuffield Professor of Pathology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, The John Radcliffe, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK.
Tel (44)-1865-222619 Fax (44)-1865-222500”