Hour long RARE video of the Great Rabbis, Unfortunately, the sound is poor quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dSHl3C9kgY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOVJr-ATnOw On Oct 26, 11:37 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56cb5b92-10a7-11dc-96d3-000b5df10621.html?n... > > Harvard legal expert vows to sue lecturers boycotting Israel > > By Jon Boone > > Published: June 2 2007 03:00 > > A top American lawyer has threatened to wage a legal war against > British academics who seek to cut links with Israeli universities. > > Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard law professor renowned for his staunch > defence of Israel and high-profile legal victories, including his role > in the O.J. Simpson trial, vowed to "devastate and bankrupt" lecturers > who supported such boycotts. > > This week's annual conference of Britain's biggest lecturers' union, > the University and College Union, backed a motion damning the > "complicity of Israeli academia in the occupation [of Palestinian > land]". > > It also obliged the union's executive to encourage members to > "consider the moral implications of existing and proposed links with > Israeli academic institutions". > > Prof Dershowitz said he had started work on legal moves to fight any > boycott. > > He told the Times Higher Educational Supplement that these would > include using a US law - banning discrimination on the basis of > nationality - against UK universities with research ties to US > colleges. US academics might also be urged to accept honorary posts at > Israeli colleges in order to become boycott targets. > > "I will obtain legislation dealing with this issue, imposing sanctions > that will devastate and bankrupt those who seek to impose bankruptcy > on Israeli academics," he told the journal. > > Sue Blackwell, a UCU activist and member of the British Committee for > Universities of Palestine, said: "This is the typical response of the > Israeli lobby which will do anything to avoid debating the real issue > - the 40-year occupation of Palestine." Jewish groups have attacked > the UCU vote, which was opposed by Sally Hunt, its general secretary. > > C The Financial Times Limited 2007 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
