Comments on: Hampshire College Responds http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/hampshire-college-responds/ Commentary about Zionism, anti-Zionism, antisemitism and the conflict in the Middle East Tue, 22 May 2012 17:17:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1.1 By: fred http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/hampshire-college-responds/#comment-3799 fred Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:15:14 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1067#comment-3799 I'm a little confused by the Hampshire thing. as far as I can tell, SJP asked the college to divest from six companies that are involved in the occupation. The college did that, while divesting from other companies which didn't meet its standards. but does it not remain a fact, hampshire divested from these six companies because their involvement in the occupation violates the school's standards. so are you claiming SJP shouldnt be happy, because a bunch of other companies involved in bad stuff were also divested from? I would be pleased if in asking my school to divest from Motorola because of what it does in the OPT, it started a process that led to divesting from companies involved in repression in Burma, as well. I’m a little confused by the Hampshire thing. as far as I can tell, SJP asked the college to divest from six companies that are involved in the occupation. The college did that, while divesting from other companies which didn’t meet its standards. but does it not remain a fact, hampshire divested from these six companies because their involvement in the occupation violates the school’s standards.

so are you claiming SJP shouldnt be happy, because a bunch of other companies involved in bad stuff were also divested from? I would be pleased if in asking my school to divest from Motorola because of what it does in the OPT, it started a process that led to divesting from companies involved in repression in Burma, as well.

]]> By: Paula http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/hampshire-college-responds/#comment-3713 Paula Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:14:56 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1067#comment-3713 Great victory indeed. This reminds me of what happened during the Gaza conflict. A French pro-Palestinian group, CAPJPO-EuroPalestine, posted an announcement in French, English and Arabic on its website indicating that "The Grand Hotel Intercontinental cancels the Israeli Tourism Fair". "Confronted with the indignation expressed by so many people in France and abroad who had heard about the scheduled Israeli Tourism Fair in this great Parisian hotel, the management of this establishment has made the decision to cancel this event, which was supposed to open on January 15. The hotel’s management, as the Paris police prefecture has confirmed to us, has indicated that it has disinvited the 50 Israeli exhibitors who had planned to present their tourism products. We express our profound appreciation for all the individuals and associations in France and abroad that made the effort to express their arguments to the hotel management, arguments that were certainly taken into account in the decision to cancel the event. We also thank the management of the hotel for this decision, and we stress that commercial relations and all other interactions should be guided by basic ethical rules. you can read the rest here: http://www.europalestine.com/spip.php?article3624 It was pure invention. The Hotel and the Israeli Tourism Fair cancelled the event BY COMMON AGREEMENT, for the reason that the timing wasn't right. It will take place at a later date. You can read the letter written by the hotel management here: "Je suis toutefois en mesure de vous certifier, en effet, comme vous l'avez bien compris, que l'organisation de ce Salon a été reportée avec l'accord de toutes les parties concernées, pour des raisons de sécurité bien compréhensibles." http://www.upjf.org/detail.do?noArticle=15575&noCat=145&id_key=145&critere=intercontinental&rub=7 Great victory indeed. This reminds me of what happened during the Gaza conflict. A French pro-Palestinian group, CAPJPO-EuroPalestine, posted an announcement in French, English and Arabic on its website indicating that “The Grand Hotel Intercontinental cancels the Israeli Tourism Fair”.

“Confronted with the indignation expressed by so many people in France and abroad who had heard about the scheduled Israeli Tourism Fair in this great Parisian hotel, the management of this establishment has made the decision to cancel this event, which was supposed to open on January 15.

The hotel’s management, as the Paris police prefecture has confirmed to us, has indicated that it has disinvited the 50 Israeli exhibitors who had planned to present their tourism products.

We express our profound appreciation for all the individuals and associations in France and abroad that made the effort to express their arguments to the hotel management, arguments that were certainly taken into account in the decision to cancel the event. We also thank the management of the hotel for this decision, and we stress that commercial relations and all other interactions should be guided by basic ethical rules.

you can read the rest here:
http://www.europalestine.com/spip.php?article3624

It was pure invention. The Hotel and the Israeli Tourism Fair cancelled the event BY COMMON AGREEMENT, for the reason that the timing wasn’t right. It will take place at a later date.

You can read the letter written by the hotel management here:

“Je suis toutefois en mesure de vous certifier, en effet, comme vous l’avez bien compris, que l’organisation de ce Salon a été reportée avec l’accord de toutes les parties concernées, pour des raisons de sécurité bien compréhensibles.”

http://www.upjf.org/detail.do?noArticle=15575&noCat=145&id_key=145&critere=intercontinental&rub=7

]]> By: Jacob http://blog.z-word.com/2009/02/hampshire-college-responds/#comment-3709 Jacob Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:08:07 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1067#comment-3709 "Meanwhile, rather than relaunching their campaign for divestment, Students for Justice in Palestine continues to insist that divestment took place. Given the evidence that Hexter and Roos have provided, albeit belatedly, I wonder how long that position is tenable. Perhaps it’s the case that in the world of anti-Zionist activism, cold reality doesn’t matter?" Claiming victory is what anti-Zionists do best. That's why the Palestinians are in the mess they are in. If they and their "friends" worried less about "defeating Israel" and more about building their own society they would have had a State by now. “Meanwhile, rather than relaunching their campaign for divestment, Students for Justice in Palestine continues to insist that divestment took place. Given the evidence that Hexter and Roos have provided, albeit belatedly, I wonder how long that position is tenable. Perhaps it’s the case that in the world of anti-Zionist activism, cold reality doesn’t matter?”

Claiming victory is what anti-Zionists do best.

That’s why the Palestinians are in the mess they are in.

If they and their “friends” worried less about “defeating Israel” and more about building their own society they would have had a State by now.

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