more from alan dickowitz

it seems that some have far more academic freedom than others. yesterday, i posted the piece by joel kovel about his firing, surely related to his views on zionism and israel. today, i have learned that dickowitz has once again utilized his robust academic freedom to degrade the students from hampshire college who are trying to get that university to divest in their partnerships with israeli companies and institutions. supposedly, the students are "bigots" and "anti-semites." for opposing them, no one ever calls dickowitz "anti-arab" or "anti-palestinian," though he never seems to support palestinians, no matter how many are killed. we hear often of left wing bias in the academy. if this is so, why has hampshire college felt the need to ball suck dickowitz, even going so far as to publish a letter in an israeli paper stating the college's "profound respect" for both dickowitz and the state of israel. dickowitz has the freedom to condemn every individual and institution who he feels is "bigoted" against israel, including such "extremists" as amnesty international, human rights watch, and jimmy carter.

of course, dickowitz is the real extremist. he condones every israeli military action, excuses every palestinian death, and supports the endless occupation and oppression of palestinian people and land. and yet, he continues to be a "respected" scholar. he continues to have his books published by mainstream publishing houses. he continues to teach at harvard. dickowitz is nothing less than an israeli zealot, and an apologist for a plethora of state crimes, as long as they are committed by the states that he favors. since he supports the "right" crimes, he gets to have all the freedom, money, and respect he wants, as the kovels, finklesteins, ward churchills, and even jimmy carters are insulted, degraded, and protested.

we still live in the old testament, where "thou shall not kill" seemingly only applies to the members of your own tribe. meanwhile, you are free to kill, or support the killing, of those outside of the tribe. by such standards, dickowitz fits right in.

unfortunately.