Boycott Us Already!

I apologize to those members of the British academia who oppose the boycott, but the rhetoric of your trade union is becoming ever so vicious, virulent and vexing. Unfortunately, it is not the UCU, I think it is the general trend in your country. Anyway, this boycott thingy is looking more and more like the proverbial stone thrown into a well by a fool: a hundred wise men cannot pull it out.

The never resting anti-Semitic anti-Zionist British cacademic agency, aka the UCU - before you hit the link, let me assure you that this is not the Uganda Christian University or the University Credit Union. No, sir, it "is the largest trade union and professional association, for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and academic-related staff working in further and higher education throughout the UK." My jaw nearly dropped to the floor and my pulse hit the ceiling with awe and admiration: the largest professional association ... further and higher education. What can I say, once you've met the Palestinians there's nowhere further and higher that you can reach. That's it. Y'all's on the top of the world, baby. End of the line. Welcome and enjoy your stay. And what are they working on, these academics, trainers, researchers and assorted academic-related staff? Drum roll, please ... A boycott, that's what, including the singling out of Ariel college for investigation under the formal Greylisting procedure. I have no idea what that means, but coming from the Isles of baked beans, bacon and eggs for breakfast it don't sound too good. Not to mention the olfactory results of it! The distinguished stiff upper-lip trade union (I wonder what trade stands for, perhaps "we have traded off the best of our judgement for the worst kind of racism in the book"?) has come up with this brilliant idea, redolent of Soviet-type Workers Committees complete with colleagues spying on and denouncing one another to boot:

7. colleagues be asked to consider the moral and political implications of educational links with Israeli institutions, and to discuss the occupation with individuals and institutions concerned, including Israeli colleagues with whom they are collaborating; (good, the way I see it, the UCU can also renew the mandatory yellow Star of David: Schweinehund or Dreckjude for Jewish only; dirty Zionist pig for those still inclined to stand or simply colalborate with Israel. I also suggest close monitoring of their phones, electronic and printed mail, socializing patterns, leisure activities, in order to be prepared to proceed to article 8 of the motion)
8. UCU widely disseminate the personal testimonies of UCU and PFUUPE delegations to Palestine and the UK, respectively; (see what I mean? Provide PLO, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, the Al-Aqsa martyr brigades, Islamic Jihad and all their associates with full names, addresses, phone numbers, home, office and electronic addresses of academics you suspect of links with Israel (alright, you can throw in a rival or enemy as well) et cetera, in case your Palestinian pets might wish to eliminate the offenders. Oh, and while you are at it, please remind them that you gave them a state in 1921 and ratified it in 1946, Jordan that is!). Be thorough about it! Good grief, you are British academics!
9. the testimonies will be used to promote a wide discussion by colleagues of the appropriateness of continued educational links with Israeli academic institutions; (Once article 8 is promptly and thoroughly implemented, article 9 will be rendered irrelevant. Save yourselves the trouble!).

Also, you can fully achieve point 8, after you're done spying on your peers, by widely disseminating the info concerning collaborators with Israel to those whom you should keep an eye on, but wouldn't:

Lecturers have voted unanimously to oppose government plans urging them to fight against extremism on campuses.
They had been asked to monitor and report suspicious behaviour amongst Muslim students.
But at the University and Colleges Union annual conference in Bournemouth, delegates rejected the demands, saying they amounted to spying on students.

Great! Are the lunatics already running the asylum?

The way I see it, any Israeli academic with a shred of self respect and dignity wouldn't wish to be seen collaborating with any of your institutions. Those who would have anything to do with you are those you probably deserve, such as Ilan - We try to convince as many people as we can that our interpretation of the facts is the correct one, and we do it because of ideological reasons, not because we are truthseekers," interview with the French newspaper Le Soir, Nov. 29, 1999 - Pappe. I mean if those are your academic standards, so be it. Take, e.g., a British researcher working with an Israeli one to find a cure for breast cancer. Just as they are about to break through, your British scientist with a conscience stops to ask his Israeli colleague about the occupation. Dissatisfied with the reply, he spews: "Sorry, Moishe, but I can spot your apparent complicity with the occupation, so we'll have to forget about the cure for breast cancer for a while, until you can remedy the situation in occupied Palestine. The cure for breast cancer can wait until you work out a solution for those you ethnically cleansed. Sorry, mate, not only is our joint project cancelled, but I'll have to disseminate widely your opinion and personal info concerning you and your family. Sorry, old chap, this is not personal. It's UCU business. Cheerio!"

Bless the Academic Boycott
by dr. Gabi Avital
(lecturer at the Israeli Air Force Academy)
Today, Ma'ariv supplement 2008 (lost the date)

At long last, a bit of a respite from the gentiles. We were taught to look at the image in the mirror as it is, without trying to alter it when it doesn't suit us. We thought (or to be more precise others thought for us) that if only we behaved, lowered our heads and got down on our knees, we'd be able to stand tall and be like the rest of the nations, well-loved and appreciated. Obviously, the exact opposite is true. Despite our lovely image, we were scolded for being warmongers, the embodiment of evil, et cetera. Whatever we do, the truth remains that Esau and Ishmael will always hate Israel.
The academic boycott advocates are placing a distorted mirror before us and what we should do is smash it to pieces and regain our composure. Before enjoying foreign pastures, we should take hold of ourselves and our Jewish spirit, which is more precious than gold.
A short time before the Six Day War, when there was no "occupation" no "ruling over another people", France imposed an arms embargo. Our entire air force and parts of the ground forces were "made in France". Luckily, the reserves held out for eight days. The blessed result of the embargo, or what is known today as military and economic boycott, was that Israel evolved from a defensive consumer into a position where we had to develop a smart, heavy system, one that would put to the best possible use the Jew power it could muster. The secrets of the "Mirage 5" planes had been passed on to Israel. The "Nesher", "Kfir" and later on the "Lavie", the air-to-air missiles are only a small part of Israel's arms industry, which emerged as a winner in the wake of the French embargo.
Britain, in its best tradition, could not lag far behind. Due to Arab pressure, Britain halted the development and improvement of the Chieftain tank for the IDF, without even extending us the courtesy of an explanation. Germany and the US also refused to sell Israel tanks. The result was that we designed and built our own "Merkava" tank. Five missile warships out of the 12 ordered and paid for in full by Israel had to be smuggled into Israel in an operation worthy of an action movie script (The Cherbourg Boats). Better and more advanced missile ships were designed and built in Israel. And this is just part of it. Almost every kind of weapon or ammunition that we were denied was designed and built in Israel, and even sold throughout the world.
Therefore, let us be thankful to those who wish to initiate and implement any kind of boycott against us - be it economic, military, and now academic. It is high time our darling researchers employed by the limping Israeli academia reconsider. Our academia isn't producing a modest one percent of its potential and does not justify whatever is being invested in it. That is why our scientists should go back to their drawing boards and start digging into their creativity.
The decline of the different departments is not the result of budget cuts, quite the contrary. The political and social sciences department have not produced a single publication of international standard. Israeli researchers are rarely quoted in international publications or books. The discourse of Israeli academics is barren and stripped of any kind of Judaism. Even foreign literary criticism of Israeli literature is several notches above the domestic one.
What kind of Jews are we when institutions where Jewish brain, not brawn, abounds, are yielding such a meagre crop? Why are we pursuing futile projects instead of trying to spread learning from Zion? Well, maybe now that the mirror has been placed in front of the Israeli academics (who refuse to call themselves Jewish), they will succeed in removing their false colors and return to their Jewish sources. Because there is no third way.