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February 28, 2007
Israel's version of Ward Churchill
Okay, so would those aghast at Alvin Rosenfeld's article on antisemitic "progressive" Jews consider the case of Avraham Oz, a professor at Haifa University? Would they deem as demonizing of Israel a professor who emulates the most buffoonish character in American academia, Ward Churchill? According to Arutz-Sheva,
[The Haifa weekly Kolbo] cites Oz as saying in his classroom, in the middle of a lecture that was part of a university course, that "in each of these people [evidently meaning Israeli soldiers] is hiding a little Eichmann." Oz then went on to compare the actions of Israel's military in the "occupied territories" to those of Nazi Germany. Students listening to him were outraged and complained. (That is probably how the newspaper heard about the incident.)(Links for most of these charges and organizations in the original article.)Oz has a long history of denouncing Israel inside his classroom and utilizing his classroom for purposes of political indoctrination. . . . . Oz's credentials to issue fatwas in judgment of Israeli soldiers are that he teaches courses in theater. When contacted for a reaction by the paper, Oz admitted the comments about Eichmann and added that he even was including questions on them in his course exam.
. . . . Among Oz's extra-curricular activities is his running an anti-Israel, anti-Semitic chat list named "ALEF" ("Academic Left"), whose members include some of the worst neo-Nazis and anti-Semites on the planet, some of them Jewish. ALEF operates under the auspices of the University of Haifa and is hosted on the University of Haifa computer. A good idea of the nature of ALEF can be derived from the fact that its members engage in debates over whether or not Hitler was "guilty" of anything, and also post praise there for David Irving. Oz only intervenes in the list debates when pro-Israel material is posted there inappropriately.
Judith | 02/28/07 at 05:43 PM | Categories: - Antisemitism watch
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This guy is like the Trojan Horse !!
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