GayandRight

My name is Fred and I am a gay conservative living in Ottawa. This blog supports limited government, the right of the State of Israel to live in peace and security, and tries to expose the threat to us all from cultural relativism, post-modernism, and radical Islam. I am also the founder of the Free Thinking Film Society in Ottawa (www.freethinkingfilms.com)

Thursday, May 12, 2005

Anti-Semitism at the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas)

A dossier of anti-semitic behavior at SOAS in the UKI has been delivered to the head of the school.
The dossier, which was sent to Professor Bundy, Mr Lewis and the Home Office last month, includes details of several disputes at Soas, including allegations relating to:

· A row over a conference held at the college about the academic boycott of Israel titled Resisting Israeli Apartheid.

· An article in the student magazine Spirit which said: "Those who benefit from the immoral actions of a colonial state in which they have chosen to reside cannot be considered as innocent".

· The union's banning of Roey Gilad, an Israeli embassy representative, because of their policy which equates Zionism with racism. Professor Bundy overturned the ban.

· The screening in the union of a controversial film, Promise of Heaven, which describes Jews as 'having no values or ethics'.

· Gilad Atzmon, a pro-Palestinian activist and musician, who gave a talk to students this month, arguing: "I'm not going to say whether it is right or not to burn down a synagogue, I can see that it is a rational act".