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Palestinian academic, Samia al Botmeh, talks about the effectiveness of academic boycott of Israel.
In conversation with Mike Cushman on 27 April 2008
Israeli military occupation devastates Palestinian education
Israeli occupation is targetting the education sector as part of their ethnic cleansing programme
Israeli pressure to drive academics abroad is harming Palestinian society
95 Bir Zeit students and faculty are in prison, most of them indefinitely without trial
Israeli academia is a full and integral part of the Israeli occupation
futility of other 'solutions' mean boycott is essential
Palestinians used by Israelis internationally to polish their image
'constructive engagement' with Israel is an illusion
the academic boycott is extremely effective - it is already beginning to annoy the Israelis
no Israeli academic institution has ever condemned the occupation
Israel withdraws citizenship from
Palestinians to shatter families and lives
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