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Forwarded message follows ---------- University Professors Call for European Boycott of Links with Israel Press Release - dateline Saturday 6th April University Professors call for European boycott of research and cultural links with Israel As of noon on Friday, more than 120 university academics and researchers from across Europe had signed during the course of three days, an open letter, presented for publication in The Guardian, calling for a moratorium on all future cultural and research links with Israel at European or national level until such time as the Israeli government abide by UN resolutions and open serious peace negotiations with the Palestinians along the lines of the recent Saudi peace plan. The signatories include more than 90 from the UK, amongst them 43 university professors including some of the country's leading natural and social scientists. The list includes one signatory from within Israel itself. Other signatories are from Eire, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. For further information contact either: Professor Hilary Rose (h.rose@open.ac.uk) or Professor Steven Rose (s.p.r.rose@open.ac.uk) telephone 0207 713 1709 The full text of the letter and list of signatories follows: Letter: Despite widespread international condemnation for its policy of violent repression against the Palestinian people in the Occupied Territories, the Israeli government appears impervious to moral appeals from world leaders. The major potential source of effective criticism, the United States, seemsreluctant to act. However there are ways of exerting pressure from within Europe. Odd though it may appear, many national and European cultural and research institutions, including especially those funded from the EU and the European Science Foundation, regard Israel as a European state for the purposes of awarding grants and contracts. (No other Middle Eastern state is so regarded). Would it not therefore be timely if at both national and European level a moratorium was called upon any further such support unless and until Israel abide by UN resolutions and open serious peace negotiations with the Palestinians, along the lines proposed in many peace plans including most recently that sponsored by the Saudis and the Arab League. Signatories (alphabetically by country as of 16.00 5th April) Note all signatories are signing in a personal capacity; institutional affiliations are given only for identification purposes Britain Ainley, Dr Patrick, ,University of Greenwich Aleksander, Professor Igor, Imperial College London Banks, Dr Sarah, University of Durham Bateson, Professor Patrick FRS, Provost Kings College, Cambridge Beckford, Dr Jim, University of Warwick Bendelow, Dr Gill, University of Warwick Bennett, Professor Tony, Open University Birke, Dr Lynda, University of Lancaster Blakemore, Professor Colin FRS, Oxford University Blankenburg, Dr Stephanie, SOAS, London Breugel, Professor Irene, Middlesex University Brunner, Dr Eric, University College London Burton, Professor Emerita Leone, Birmingham University Caddel, Dr Richard, Durham University Cockburn, Cynthia, City University Cohen, Professor Robin, Warwick, currently University of Cape Town Crompton, Professor Rosemary, City University, London David, Professor Miriam, Keele University Dawkins, Professor Richard FRS, Oxford University Dore, Dr Elizabeth, University of Southampton Duckett, Professor Jeff, Queen Mary University of London Ellison, Dr Nick, University of Durham Edmondson, Linda, Birmingham University Edmondson, William, Birmingham University Ettore, Professor Elizabeth, Plymouth University Fine, Dr Robert Warwick university Fletcher, Dr John, Warwick University Fonagy, Professor Peter, University College London Fox, Edward London (writer) Ginn, Dr Jay Surrey University Glendinning, Victoria London (writer) Gregory, Professor Richard FRS, BristolUniversity Hakimian, Dr Hassan, SOAS, London Healey, Dr Peter SPSGLondon Himmelweit, Dr Sue, Open University Hobson, Professor Marian,London University Honderich, Emeritus Professor Ted, University College, London Humphrey, Professor Nicholas, London School ofEconomics Hunter, Professor Lynette, Leeds University Kamminga, Dr Harmke,Cambridge University Karmiloff-Smith, Professor Annette, Institute of ChildHealth, London Kuper, Richard, Hatfield University Laven, Dr David,University of Reading Lawler, Dr Stephanie, University of Durham Law, Professor John, Lancaster University Lister, Professor Ruth,Loughborough University Macpherson, Rev. Duncan, St Mary's UniversityCollege,University of Surrey McRobbie, Professor Angela, Goldsmith's College London Merck, Professor Mandy, Royal Holloway and BedfordCollege Messkoub, Dr Mahmood, University of Leeds Midgley, Dr. Mary,retired Newcastle University (philosopher) Mileusnic, Dr Radmila,OpenUniversity Moon, Dr Claire, University of Kent Moore, Professor Robert, Liverpool University Murcott, Professor Anne, Nottingham UniversityMurphy, Professor Sean, Nottingham University Orun, Dr Ahmed, BirminghamUniversity Osborne, Professor Peter, Middlesex University Phillips, Dr. Sarah, University of Durham Press, Dr Ron (engineer, retired) Preston, Dr Rosemary, University of Warwick Rangwala, Dr Glen, Trinity College,Cambridge Rivera, Consuela, University of Lancaster Rose, Professor Hilary, City University London Rose, Professor Nikolas, Goldsmith's College London Rose, Professor Steven, Open University Rosen,Michael, London (writer and broadcaster) Rowley, Professor Gwyn (retired) Russell, Professor Willie, FRSE, University of St Adrews Ryan, Dr Mark, Birmingham University Salter, Professor Brian, University of East Anglia Samuels, Professor Andrew, Essex University Sassoon, Professor Anne Showstack, Kingston University Savage, Dr Wendy, London Hospital (retired) Scott, Professor Sue, Durham University Segal, Professor Graeme, All Souls, Oxford Segal, Professor Lynne, Birkbeck College,London Shakespeare, Dr Tom, Life Centre, Newcastle Shackle, Dr Emma, Plater College Oxford Shire, Dr George, Open University Shuker, Professor David, Open University Sinha, Professor Martin, Southampton University Sloman, Professor Aaron, Birmingham Smith, Dr Paul, University of Keele Solomon, Professor Joan, Open University Taylor, Dr Paul, Warburg Institute, London Tozer, David, Peterborough, Cambridge University Treacher, Dr Amal, Birkbeck College, London Tudge, Dr Colin, London (writer and broadcaster) Ward, Dr Helen, Imperial College London Yao, Professor Xin, Birmingham University Yuval-Davis, Professor Nira, University of Greenwich Eire Lynch, Dr Marina, Trinity College Dublin Regan, Professor Ciaran, University College Dublin Denmark Sinha, Dr Chris, Technical University, Copenhagen Finland Hearn. Professor Jeff, School of Economics, Helsinki France Levy-Leblond, Professor Jean-Marc, Nice University Cobb, Dr Matthew, Laboratoire d'Ecologie, Paris Ohlsson-Malek, Dr Fairouz, CNRS, Paris Germany Reymann, Professor Klaus, Magdeburg Frey, Professor Julietta, Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg Iceland Vilhjalmsson, Professor Thorsteinn, University of Iceland Sigurdsson, Dr Skuli, University of Iceland Italy Frontali, Professor Nora, ISS, Rome Mengheri, Elena, INRAN, Rome Minicozzi, Dr Velia, University of Tor Vergata, Rome Murgia, Dr Chiara, INRAN, Rome Ranaldi, Dr Giulia, INRAN, Rome Turrini, Dr Aida, INRAN, Rome Vladikas, Dr Anastassios, INFN, Rome Israel Jablonka, Professor Eva, Tel-Aviv University Norway Andersen Professor Per, Oslo University Fjelland, Professor Ragnar, Bergen University Waerness, Professor Kari, Bergen University Portugal Matos, Dr Augusta, Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Lisbon Queiroz, Professor Clara, ( retired)University of Lisbon Spain Ferrus, Professor Alberto, Cajal Institute, Madrid Sweden Elzinger, Professor Aant, University of Goteborg Esseveld, Professor Johanna, University of Lund Holmquist, Associate Professor, Ingrid, University of Goteborg Karfve, Professor Eva, University of Malmo Nilsson, Professor Arne, University of Goteborg Therborn, Professor Goran, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, Uppsala Wellin, Professor Stellan, University of Goteborg Switzerland Lipp, Professor Hans-Peter, Zurich University Maranta, Dr Alessandro, ETH, Zurich ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please send questions regarding this mailinglist to ml@vifu.de ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ====== We must organize against the seige of Palestinian people by the Israeli army. 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