Posted on 01/06/2009 3:41:30 PM PST by atomic conspiracy
Ontario's largest university workers union is proposing a ban on Israeli academics teaching in the province's universities, in a move that echoes previous attempts to boycott goods and services from the Jewish state.
The resolution, proposed by CUPE's Ontario University Workers Coordinating Committee, is in protest of a Dec. 29 bombing that damaged the Islamic University in Gaza.
"In response to an appeal from the Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees, we are ready to say Israeli academics should not be on our campuses unless they explicitly condemn the university bombing and the assault on Gaza in general," said Sid Ryan, president of CUPE Ontario.
The resolution is still being drafted but the union said it will seek to prohibit Israeli academics from speaking, teaching or researching at Ontario universities. The CUPE committee will distribute the resolution to its members at the end of the month.
It will be put to a vote at the committee's annual conference in February. Janice Folk-Dawson, chairwoman of the university workers committee, said: "Clearly international pressure on Israel must increase to stop the massacre that is going on daily. We are proud to add CUPE voices to others from around the world saying enough is enough."
Ms. Folk-Dawson said the committee felt it was crucial to do something.
"This is coming from the rank-and-file members, not just the leadership," she said.
Len Rudner, regional director of the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) in Ontario, called the resolution "unbalanced, unfair and unhelpful."
"Once again Sid Ryan is jumping before thinking," Mr. Rudner said. "I think it's ironic individuals who speak about freedom of speech jump to the opportunity to take that freedom away from other individuals."
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Actually, those "close ties" involved acting as the research and development center for the terrorist rockets, a meeting place for Hamas leadership, and a storage and assembly point for munitions.
“Workers Coordinating Committee”? For the life of me I can’t imagine why I think that just might be some sort of communist organization.
First, they have a population scared to death of even discussing the Holocaust lest they say something wrong, or ask a disturbing question (which people do when they don't really know history).
Secondly, suppression of open discussion leads people like Sid Ryan to think he can actually get away with getting Canadians to engage in anti-semitic acts.
Speech codes frequently succeed in destroying the targets they are claimed to be benefiting.
This is a perfect example of the process.
However, Zimbabwean faculty are not expected to speak out against Mugabe.
Incredible!
Sid Ryan is a pip squeak Irish communist unionist that couldn’t run a wheel barrow down hill.
He simply would not know which way to point it.
Lefties are idiots - in Canada, the US, Europe, and anywhere they make noise!
You got that right!
Am surrounded by libotu*ds.
I don’t look at Canadian news any more, it’s enouggh to gag a maggot. I hate leftist liberals, bunch of pukes.
GlobalBS warming, elitest anti-semite, marxist, faggot loving, Jew hating, self hating, God hating
What else can you expect from sh*t, certainly nothing good.
Seems the world is going total looney bins.
Why are the decent common sense people allowing themselves to be steam rolled? Which side is the minority?
God help us.
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