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Barry Shaw made Aliyah from England in the 1970s, is manager of Netanya Real Estate, and founder of the Netanya Terror Victims Fund. He is the author of "The View from Here" series of commentaries from Israel.
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By Barry Shaw
May 29, 2005
So, in Britain, the boycott on Israeli universities imposed by the railroading tactics of malevolent executive members of the Association of University Teachers has been lifted, thanks to a democratic vote that needed to be taken in an extra ordinary session of AUT members.
And so the anti-boycott campaigners can congratulate themselves that justice was, in the end, done and they can go home happy in their victory.
And yet, the injustice remains. The boycott has been lifted but the vicious slander against the Israeli universitie, remains.
It was strange indeed that no other universities in the world were considered for academic boycott. Singularly, this action stank of anti-Semitism, not criticism of Israeli academic policy.
The rationale given for the boycott was proven to be false and malicious, and anything Israeli remains under the threat of future action by the activists who are still determined to pursue their goal of eradicating what they perceive as a scourge -- the racist Jewish State of Israel.
While the anti-boycott campaigners wend their weary way home, the plotters remain at their posts.
Susan Blackwell, the ring leader of the Israeli academic boycott, retains her position on the executive of the AUT.
She retains her position of power and influence, despite that fact that she has clearly stated that she is determined to continue her actions against Israel from her position within the AUT.
Sally Hunt, her co-conspirator, remains general secretary of the union.
The Universities of Haifa, of Bar Ilan, and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, would be well advised to continue to pursue their legal actions against the AUT for damage caused worldwide to their name and reputation, at least until the perpetrators of the crime of libel are removed from their posts.
The Association of British University Teachers have a vested interest in removing the people who caused their union so much damage.
Until they do so the stain and stench remains.
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