US Congress Berates British Academics' Israel Boycott

[Purveyor]

US lawmakers Wednesday slammed a boycott of Israeli universities promoted by pro-Palestinian British academics as an anti-Semitic step that would undermine Middle East peace efforts.

In a unanimous voice vote, the House of Representatives passed a resolution attacking the boycott call from the leadership of the University and College Union (UCU), Britain's largest trade union for academics.

"When Israel comes under attack from hatemongers, it is American values that are also under attack," said Democratic member Patrick Murphy, the resolution's main sponsor.

"Limiting academic exchanges and shrinking the marketplace of ideas only limits our ability to bring peace to the Middle East and to help solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," he said.

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http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_Congress_berates_British_academi_07112007.html

[PDJane]

1. Oh, for............

Israel is NOT beyond the law, the US is not beyond the law, and a boycott is a perfectly normal way of expressing disgust with the policy, if not with the people.

The academics are more than justified, frankly.

[Grey]

3. You got that right....... n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. It's hard to find some that every single member of the House agrees with

[wuushew]

5. Of those present....

---- NOT VOTING 15 ---

Berkley
Coble
Cubin
Davis, Jo Ann
Davis, Tom
Dicks
Hastert
Hinojosa
Kucinich :)
McCrery
Porter
Rangel
Tancredo
Tierney
Young (AK)

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. I'm sure they all had good reasons for being absent

[scarletwoman]

4. Oh please! "Undermine Middle East peace efforts"? There ARE NO peace efforts!

Get a frickin' clue, you bozos. What a useless charade. :banghead: