Comments on: Moral Vacuity In the Call For An Academic Boycott against Israel http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/02/13/moral-vacuity-in-the-call-for-an-academic-boycott-against-israel/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mpanetta http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/02/13/moral-vacuity-in-the-call-for-an-academic-boycott-against-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-76668 mpanetta Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:13:27 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=5414#comment-76668 Why are all conservatives so committed in their support for Israel? I certainly don't have an interest in precluding academic participation of Israeli scholars, but I extend the same cordiality to any Palestinian scholars so interested as well. The reason? I have no interest in the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. I don't deify Israel or demonize the Palestinians. As with most things such as this, I doubt very much that either side is without guilt and am even more skeptical of America's ability to provide any solution. In fact, history will show that the modern incarnation of this affair was the result of mettling on the part of Brittain. Let Israel solve their own problems. Why are all conservatives so committed in their support for Israel? I certainly don’t have an interest in precluding academic participation of Israeli scholars, but I extend the same cordiality to any Palestinian scholars so interested as well.

The reason? I have no interest in the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. I don’t deify Israel or demonize the Palestinians. As with most things such as this, I doubt very much that either side is without guilt and am even more skeptical of America’s ability to provide any solution. In fact, history will show that the modern incarnation of this affair was the result of mettling on the part of Brittain.

Let Israel solve their own problems.

]]> By: Phillip Ellis Jackson http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/02/13/moral-vacuity-in-the-call-for-an-academic-boycott-against-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-76636 Phillip Ellis Jackson Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:52:57 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=5414#comment-76636 You used "Moral Vacuity" and "Academic" in the same sentence. This is a redundancy. You used “Moral Vacuity” and “Academic” in the same sentence. This is a redundancy.

]]> By: Nathan Alexander http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/02/13/moral-vacuity-in-the-call-for-an-academic-boycott-against-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-76582 Nathan Alexander Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:53:20 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=5414#comment-76582 Be sure to read Edward Alexander's "The Academic Boycott of Israel: Back to 1933?" in the Jerusalem post of January 3, 2003. Be sure to read Edward Alexander’s “The Academic Boycott of Israel: Back to 1933?” in the Jerusalem post of January 3, 2003.

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