Saturday, January 21, 2006
How odd that this -- doing the right and obvious thing -- should be considered some sort of victory, but there it is. In spite of accepting a $20 million Saudi gift and hosting a Palestinian Solidarity Conference, Georgetown's President, at least, hasn't gone completely over the edge.
Pres. DeGioia's Statement on Divestment from Israel
It is clear there are a wide range of opinions on the conflict in the Middle East and that the appropriate way for Georgetown University to address the situation is through dialogue, research, and intellectual discovery. Some people have asserted that this situation is analogous to South Africa, where many universities, including Georgetown, did disinvest in the 1980's. I was deeply involved in these issues at the time. Speaking personally, I do not feel that the practice of apartheid is comparable to the complex set of issues involving many parties in the Middle East."
PR smart move.
"Speaking personally, I do not feel that the practice of apartheid is comparable ..."
Amazing how the "Palestinians" consider themselves a different race to those Arabs they left behind as they fled the Arab "anschluss" of 1948.
Pardon my sarcasm but given this article in the Jpost I cannot but hold that those who accept the arab claims of apartheid are perfidious in their aims.
"Arrivals: From Bombay to Beersheba"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1137605871929&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull