To his credit, even Columbia's Rashid Khalidi has signed the petition against the AUT's boycott of Israeli Universities (see signature 2729), as well as this post at Cliopatria with a list of other notables, including Juan Cole. I have a quote from a post that says Joseph Massad signed it, but now cannot find that post on the blog.
Whether he is "for it" or "against it" you're not going to know. Whatever comes out will be politically motivated at this point.
Also, why do I give a sh** what Joseph Massad's 'opinion' on the boycott is anyway?
Further news: apparently both Khalidi's and Massad's signatures were forged on the petition. Khalidi opposes the boycott but did not sign the petition; Massad supports the boycott.
Very interresting! Thanks for keeping us up to date.
Larry, Massad's opinion matters because the fact that he supports the boycott cements and displays the fact that his bitching about being persecuted for his politics is a bunch of hollow, selfish BS. I'll go into it in a little detail in a future post if I really need to, but it seems obviously just to me that whatever someone supports being done to someone else can hardly complain if similar things are done unto them, and nothing like this boycott has ever been called on Massad.
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I'd be surprised if Khalidi signed it and then Massad didn't. What a brilliant pr move for him.
Mike
My understanding is that someone falsely signed Massad's name to the petition and it was, thus, deleted.
Ah, very interesting. Thank you. It would be a rather delicious irony if Joseph Massad were in favor of boycotting Israeli academics, wouldn't it?
Whether he is "for it" or "against it" you're not going to know. Whatever comes out will be politically motivated at this point.
Also, why do I give a sh** what Joseph Massad's 'opinion' on the boycott is anyway?
Further news: apparently both Khalidi's and Massad's signatures were forged on the petition. Khalidi opposes the boycott but did not sign the petition; Massad supports the boycott.
Very interresting! Thanks for keeping us up to date.
Larry, Massad's opinion matters because the fact that he supports the boycott cements and displays the fact that his bitching about being persecuted for his politics is a bunch of hollow, selfish BS. I'll go into it in a little detail in a future post if I really need to, but it seems obviously just to me that whatever someone supports being done to someone else can hardly complain if similar things are done unto them, and nothing like this boycott has ever been called on Massad.