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Old 08-16-2007, 11:21 PM   #14
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You may be right but then why are these authors being boycotted by so many fine universities (the primary vehicle for their selling their book is to show up and lecture, etc.)? Probably the reason is money--donations--more than convictions. Pro-Israel folks probably donate a great deal more than pro-Palestinian folks.
if you a "zionist" book, you would probably see boycotts as well, but probably led by students, not faculty.

It's much easier to piss off your muslim colleagues than your jewish colleagues, because the jews outnumber the muslims at least 10 to 1.
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