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Today's CLIC alert is an article by Thomas Woodley, appearing in the Calgary Herald, about Ilan Pappe who gave a series of lectures across Canada.
'Inspired by a Courageous Israeli'
This article is written by the president of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, a secular non-profit organization dedicated to enabling Canadians and their legislators to 'contribute to justice, peace and development in the Middle East'. The aim to achieve their form of 'justice and peace' by boycotting Israeli products from the shelves of all Canadian stores. They will achieve their form of 'justice and peace' when the Israeli government no longer govern over the tract of land currently known as Israel. Unfortunately, Calgarians reading this article probably do not know this, when reading Mr. Woodley's article.
Thomas Woodley opens his remarks with:"Earlier this month, I had the privilege of spending a week in the company of one of the most fascinating and courageous Middle Easterners of the 21st century. I accompanied Israeli scholar Ilan Pappe as he crossed Canada on a lecture tour which included a stop in Calgary."
The author then leads into an attack on Naomi Lakritz, reporter for the Calgary Herald, for not sharing his views on Ilan Pappe. He believes that Ms. Lakritz's lack of respect for Pappe's service to Israel and for his scholarly accomplishments is disturbing.
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Today's CLIC adds:
Ilan Pappe was formerly a senior lecturer in political science at the University of Haifa (1984-2007) and chair of the Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian and Israeli Studies in Haifa (2000-2008). He blames the creation of Israel for the lack of peace in the Middle East, arguing that Zionism is more dangerous than Islamic militancy, and has called for an international
boycott of Israeli academics.
Before he left Israel in 2008, he had been condemned in the Knesset, Israel's parliament; a minister of education had called for him to be sacked. He is termed as one of Israel's 'New Historians' who, since the release of pertinent British and Israeli government documents in the early 1980s, have been rewriting the history of Israel's creation in 1948, and the corresponding
expulsion or flight of 700,000 Palestinians in the same year. He has written that the expulsions were not decided on an ad hoc basis, as other historians have argued, but constituted the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, in accordance with Plan Dalet, drawn up in 1947 by Israel's future leaders.
Thomas Woodley is president of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), a secular non-profit organization dedicated to 'enabling Canadians and their legislators to contribute to justice, peace and development in the Middle East'.
To understand who this organization represents, we suggest you read the reasons for the organization to lead a 'Boycott Campaign on Israel'. To view it's 'Factsheet' on their reasons to boycott Israeli products, please CLIC here:
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