Social Justice Advocates vs. Israel
College and university professors seem to be a very social-justice-conscious bunch. 900 of them, from over 150 college campuses, signed a petition urging the US to abandon Israel as an ally because of its human rights abuses, for example.
But Prof. Fred Gottheil decided to try an experiment.
"Would these same 900 sign onto a statement expressing concern about human rights violations in the Muslim Middle East, such as honor killing, wife beating, female genital mutilation, and violence against gays and lesbians?" he wondered. "I felt it was worth a try."
The results? "Almost non existent," he told Frontpage editor Jamie Glazov. Only 27 of the 675 "self-described social-justice seeking academics" agreed to sign Gottheil’s Statement of Concern – less than 5 percent of the total who had publicly called for the censure of Israel for human rights violations.
Politics trumps social justice for this paragon of the Left; the academic. I would really like to know how deep this penetrates other areas of the Left. How about liberal churches that has divested themselves from Israel; do they also actively divest themselves from Islamic countries for the same reasons?
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Dr. Gottheil’s Statement of Concern is now posted at PetitionsOnline.com, and is accepting signatures from anyone willing to speak out against human rights abuses in the Middle East. As you’re obviously interested in the story, I urge you to step up and sign it: Support Regarding Discrimination in the Middle East against Women, Gays, and Lesbians Petition
Obviously, we’ll be counting on everyone here to reply to this request.
Thanks so much for the pointer.