Open Letter on the Israeli Academic Boycott Campaign

Elie Wiesel en 50 andere Nobelprijs winnaars spreken zich met onderstaande open brief helder uit tegen de anti-Israël boycot campagnes.

 

Zie ook:

* Israël boycot campagnes

* Was Jezus Jood of Palestijn? (IMO blog)

* Boycotters and supporters of Israeli universities

 

Abby

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THE ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION FOR HUMANITY

555 MADISON AVENUE 20TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10022 TEL 212.490.7788 FAX 212.490.6006

 

OPEN LETTER

 

We, Nobel Laureates, deplore the shameful decision by the University and College Union to boycott contact and exchanges with Israeli educators and academic institutions. We also deplore a similar move by Unison and its 1.3 million public service employees, as well as the boycott of Israeli goods by Britain's National Union of Journalists. Not only do such boycotts pander to hardliners. They also glorify prejudice and bigotry. The cherished principle of academic freedom must not be undermined.

 

Sidney Altman                          Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1989)

Kenneth J. Arrow                     Nobel Prize, Economics (1972)

Baruj Benacerraf                      Nobel Prize, Medicine (1980)

Paul Berg                                 Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1980)

Gunter Blobel                           Nobel Prize, Medicine (1999)

Michael S. Brown                     Nobel Prize, Medicine (1985)

Georges Charpak                     Nobel Prize, Physics (1992)

Aaron Ciechanover                   Nobel Prize, Chemistry (2004)

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji          Nobel Prize, Physics (1997)

Paul J. Crutzen                         Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1995)

Robert F. Curl Jr.                     Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1996)

The Dalai Lama                        Nobel Prize, Peace (1989)

Frederik W. de Klerk               Nobel Prize, Peace (1993)

Edmond H. Fischer                   Nobel Prize, Medicine (1992)

Jerome I. Friedman                   Nobel Prize, Physics (1990)

Riccardo Giacconi                    Nobel Prize, Physics (2002)

Ivar Giaever                             Nobel Prize, Physics (1973)

Vitaly Ginzburg                         Nobel Prize, Physics (2003)

Donald A. Glaser                      Nobel Prize, Physics (1960)

Sheldon Glashow                      Nobel Prize, Physics (1979)

Joseph L. Goldstein                  Nobel Prize, Medicine (1985)

Mikhail Gorbachev                   Nobel Prize, Peace (1990)

Clive W.J.Granger                    Nobel Prize, Economics (2003)

John L. Hall                              Nobel Prize, Physics (2005)

James J. Heckman                    Nobel Prize, Economics (2000)

Alan J. Heeger                          Nobel Prize, Chemistry (2000)

Dudley R. Herschbach              Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1986)

Avram Hershko                        Nobel Prize, Chemistry (2004)

Roald Hoffman                         Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1981)

Tim R. Hunt                              Nobel Prize, Medicine (2001)

Daniel Kahneman                     Nobel Prize, Economics (2002)

Aaron Klug                              Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1982)

Walter Kohn                            Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1998)

Arthur Kornberg                       Nobel Prize, Medicine (1959)

Roger D. Kornberg                  Nobel Prize, Chemistry (2006)

Edwin G. Krebs                       Nobel Prize, Medicine (1992)

Leon M. Lederman                   Nobel Prize, Physics (1988)

Jean-Marie Lehn                      Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1987)

Rudolph A. Marcus                  Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1992)

Mario J. Molina                        Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1995)

Robert A. Mundell                    Nobel Prize, Economics (1999)

Marshall W. Nirenberg             Nobel Prize, Medicine (1968)

Douglass C. North                    Nobel Prize, Economics (1993)

George A. Olah                        Nobel Prize, Chemistry (1994)

Douglas D. Osheroff                 Nobel Prize, Physics (1996)

Norman F. Ramsey                  Nobel Prize, Physics (1989)

Richard J. Roberts                    Nobel Prize, Medicine (1993)

Wole Soyinka                           Nobel Prize, Literature (1986)

Joseph H. Taylor Jr.                 Nobel Prize, Physics (1993)

Elie Wiesel                               Nobel Prize, Peace (1986)

Betty Williams                          Nobel Prize, Peace (1976)