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University Professors Call For European Boycott o

aras writes: "University Professors Call For European Boycott of Links with Israel

Press Release -- dateline Saturday 6th April

As of noon on Friday, more than 120 university academics and
researchers from across Europe had signed during the course of three days, an open letter, presented for publication in The Guardian, calling for a moratorium on all future cultural and research links with Israel at European or national level until such time as the Israeli government abide by UN resolutions and open serious peace negotiations with the Palestinians along the lines of the recent Saudi peace plan.

The signatories include more than 90 from the UK, amongst
them 43 university professors including some of the country's leading natural and social scientists. The list includes one signatory from within Israel itself. Other signatories are from Eire, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
For further information contact either:

Professor Hilary Rose ()
or Professor Steven Rose (
)

telephone 0207 713 1709

The full text of the letter and list of signatories follows:

Letter:

Despite widespread international condemnation for its policy of
violent repression against the Palestinian people in the Occupied Territories, the Israeli government appears impervious to moral appeals from world leaders. The major potential source of effective criticism, the United States,seems reluctant to act. However there are ways of exerting pressure from within Europe. Odd though it may appear, many national and
European cultural and research institutions, including especially those funded from the EU and the European Science Foundation, regard Israel as a European state for the purposes of awarding grants and contracts. (No other Middle Eastern states so regarded). Would it not therefore be timely if at both national and European level a moratorium was called upon any further such support unless and until Israel abide by UN resolutions and open serious peace negotiations with the Palestinians, along the lines proposed in many peace plans including most recently that sponsored by the Saudis and the
Arab League.

Signatories (alphabetically by country as of 16.00 5th April)
Note all signatories are signing in a personal capacity;
institutional affiliations are given only for identification purposes

Britain

Ainley, Dr Patrick, ,University of Greenwich

Aleksander, Professor Igor, Imperial College London

Banks, Dr Sarah, University of Durham

*Bateson, Professor Patrick FRS, Provost Kings College
Cambridge

Beckford, Dr Jim, University of Warwick

Bendelow, Dr Gill, University of Warwick

Bennett, Professor Tony, Open University

Birke, Dr Lynda, University of Lancaster

*Blakemore, Professor Colin FRS, Oxford University

Blankenburg, Dr Stephanie, SOAS, London

Breugel, Professor Irene, Middlesex University

Brunner, Dr Eric, University College London

Burton, Professor Emerita Leone, Birmingham University

Caddel, Dr Richard, Durham University

Cockburn, Cynthia, City University

*Cohen, Professor Robin, Warwick, currently University of Cape
Town

Crompton, Professor Rosemary, City University, London
David,
Professor
Miriam, Keele University
*Dawkins, Professor Richard FRS,
Oxford
University
Dore, Dr Elizabeth, University of Southampton
Duckett,
Professor Jeff, Queen Mary University of London
Ellison, Dr Nick,
University of Durham
Edmondson, Linda, Birmingham University

Edmondson,
William, Birmingham University
Ettore, Professor Elizabeth,
Plymouth
University
Fine, Dr Robert Warwick University
Fletcher, Dr John,
Warwick
University
Fonagy, Professor Peter, University College London

Fox,
Edward London (writer)
Ginn, Dr Jay Surrey University
Glendinning,
Victoria London (writer)
Gregory, Professor Richard FRS, Bristol
University
Hakimian, Dr Hassan, SOAS, London
Healey, Dr
Peter SPSG
London
Himmelweit, Dr Sue, Open University
Hobson, Professor
Marian,
London University
Honderich, Emeritus Professor Ted, University
College
London
Humphrey, Professor Nicholas, London School of
Economics
Hunter,
Professor Lynette, Leeds University
Kamminga, Dr Harmke,
Cambridge
University
*Karmiloff-Smith, Professor Annette, Institute of Child
Health, London
Kuper, Richard, Hatfield University
Laven, Dr
David,
University of Reading
Lawler, Dr Stephanie, University of Durham

Law,
Professor John, Lancaster University
*Lister, Professor Ruth,
Loughborough University
Macpherson, Rev. Duncan, St Mary's
University
College,University of Surrey
*McRobbie, Professor Angela,
Goldsmith's
College London
Merck, Professor Mandy, Royal Holloway and
Bedford
College
Messkoub, Dr Mahmood, University of Leeds
*Midgley,
Dr. Mary,
retired Newcastle University (philosopher)
Mileusnic, Dr Radmila,
Open
University
Moon, Dr Claire, University of Kent
Moore, Professor
Robert,
Liverpool University
Murcott, Professor Anne, Nottingham
University

Murphy, Professor Sean, Nottingham University
Orun, Dr Ahmed,
Birmingham
University
Osborne, Professor Peter, Middlesex University

Phillips, Dr.
Sarah, University of Durham
Press, Dr Ron (engineer, retired)

Preston,
Dr Rosemary, University of Warwick
Rangwala, Dr Glen, Trinity
College,
Cambridge
Rivera, Consuela, University of Lancaster
Rose,
Professor
Hilary, City University London
Rose, Professor Nikolas,
Goldsmith's
College London
Rose, Professor Steven, Open University
Rosen,
Michael,
London (writer and broadcaster)
Rowley, Professor Gwyn (retired)

Russell, Professor Willie, FRSE, University of St Adrews
Ryan,
Dr Mark,
Birmingham University
Salter, Professor Brian, University of East
Anglia

Samuels, Professor Andrew, Essex University
Sassoon,
Professor Anne

Showstack, Kingston University
*Savage, Dr Wendy, London
Hospital
(retired)
Scott, Professor Sue, Durham University
Segal,
Professor
Graeme, All Souls, Oxford
*Segal, Professor Lynne, Birkbeck
College,
London
Shakespeare, Dr Tom, Life Centre, Newcastle
Shackle,
Dr Emma,
Plater College Oxford
Shire, Dr George, Open University
Shuker,
Professor David, Open University
Sinha, Professor Martin,
Southampton
University
Sloman, Professor Aaron, Birmingham Smith, Dr Paul,
University of Keele
Solomon, Professor Joan, Open University

Taylor, Dr
Paul, Warburg Institute, London
Tozer, David, Peterborough,
Cambridge
University
Treacher, Dr Amal, Birkbeck College, London
Tudge,
Dr Colin,
London (writer and broadcaster)
Ward, Dr Helen, Imperial College
London

Yao, Professor Xin, Birmingham University
Yuval-Davis,
Professor Nira,
University of Greenwich

Eire

*Lynch, Dr Marina, Trinity College Dublin

Regan, Professor Ciaran, University College Dublin

Denmark

Sinha, Dr Chris, Technical University, Copenhagen

Finland

Hearn. Professor Jeff, School of Economics, Helsinki

France

*Levy-Leblond, Professor Jean-Marc, Nice University

Cobb, Dr Matthew, Laboratoire d'Ecologie, Paris

Ohlsson-Malek, Dr Fairouz, CNRS, Paris

Germany

Reymann, Professor Klaus, Magdeburg

*Frey, Professor Julietta, Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg

Iceland

*Vilhjalmsson, Professor Thorsteinn, University of Iceland

Sigurdsson, Dr Skuli, University of Iceland

Italy

*Frontali, Professor Nora, ISS, Rome

Mengheri, Elena, INRAN, Rome

Minicozzi, Dr Velia, University of Tor Vergata, Rome

Murgia, Dr Chiara, INRAN, Rome

Ranaldi, Dr Giulia, INRAN, Rome

Turrini, Dr Aida, INRAN, Rome

Vladikas, Dr Anastassios, INFN, Rome

Israel

**Jablonka, Professor Eva, Tel-Aviv University

Norway

**Andersen Professor Per, Oslo University

Fjelland, Professor Ragnar, Bergen University

Waerness, Professor Kari, Bergen University

Portugal

*Matos, Dr Augusta, Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Lisbon

Queiroz, Professor Clara, ( retired)University of Lisbon

Spain

*Ferrus, Professor Alberto, Cajal Institute, Madrid

Sweden

Elzinger, Professor Aant, University of Goteborg

Esseveld, Professor Johanna, University of Lund

Holmquist, Associate Professor, Ingrid, University of Goteborg

Karfve, Professor Eva, University of Malmo

Nilsson, Professor Arne, University of Goteborg

*Therborn, Professor Goran, Swedish Collegium for Advanced
Study in the
Social Sciences, Uppsala
Wellin, Professor Stellan, University of
Goteborg

Switzerland
*Lipp, Professor Hans-Peter, Zurich
University

Maranta, Dr Alessandro, ETH, Zurich"