University of Texas Took a Stand Against BDS & Hooked 'em..

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Friday, June 01, 2012

 

Let's hear it for the University of Texas!

 

The University of Texas pulled a book from publication rather than exclude two Israeli writers. Evelyn Gordon explains.

What actually happened, as the news story makes clear, is that the university’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies wanted to publish a collection of women’s writing about life in the Middle East that would include both Arab and Israeli authors. The problem began when a Palestinian woman who had been invited to contribute threatened to withdraw her own article if the two Israelis contributors weren’t excluded.

 

The university, quite properly, told her to go ahead and withdraw; the book could live without her contribution. But she countered by persuading other contributors to withdraw their manuscripts as well. Ultimately, according to Inside Higher Ed, 13 of the 29 authors did so, and a few others were wavering. That left the university with four choices:

 

First, it could violate every known standard of professional behavior, and open itself to lawsuits, by publishing the withdrawn manuscripts without their authors’ consent. Second, Read More http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/212521.php

 

[Sanguine]

I wrote to the Daily Texan and asked them to cover this story, since it seems fairly important. No response from them.

[Evad]

BDS..So, they rebelled against Bush Derangement Syndrome?