[Indigsol] FW: TELL CARLETON PRESIDENT THAT YOU SUPPORT A DEBATE ON ACADEMIC BOYCOTT

[abla abdelhadi]

If anyone can write a letter of solidarity (on an individual or organizational basis), we could use the support! In solidarity, Abla AbdelhadiStudents Against Israeli Apartheid - Carleton

Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:10:04 -0500Subject: TELL CARLETON PRESIDENT THAT YOU SUPPORT A DEBATE ON ACADEMIC BOYCOTTFrom: saia.carleton at gmail.com



***PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY***
 
Decide for Yourself: Support the Debate! In 2005, 171 Palestinian organizations called on international civil society to implement a campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it fulfilled three basic demands: full equality for all citizens of Israel, an end to its illegal occupation, and the affirmation of international law and UN resolutions for Palestinian refugees.
In July 2007, Carleton's interim president Samy Mahmoud publicly opposed the academic  boycott of Israeli institutions.
In August 2007 current president Roseanne Runte did the same, in her role as president of Old Dominion University. 
President Runte's opposition to boycott was restated in her Jan. 13 e-mail to the entire Carleton community.  This email was sent in response to a Jan. 11 letter from 55 Carleton professors asking that she condemn Israel's aerial bombardment of the Islamic University of Gaza.
In this same email, President Runte stated that "if [she] has a personal opinion, […] she should not use the position of president to give it expression and weight. By so doing, it could be implied that this position was one adopted by the institution as a whole." Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) Carleton has called for a public debate with the  Carleton administration on the academic boycott of Israel.  We have asked President Runte for a response to this request by Friday January 30th at 5:00pm.  This request falls in line the principle of institutional accountability and the  president's stated belief that universities "must include a respectful context for representing the most diverse points of view."Tell President Runte that you demand a debate on academic boycott. Email: presidents_office at carleton.ca, cc:  saia.carleton at gmail.com Phone: 613 520-3801To see SAIA's position on Academic Boycott and call for a debate, go to:http://www.charlatan.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21266&Itemid=152
 
 
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