{"id":597,"date":"2002-12-05T19:47:08","date_gmt":"2002-12-06T03:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doctorsoroush.com\/english\/?p=597"},"modified":"2012-10-01T19:50:21","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T02:50:21","slug":"joint-harvard-mit-petition-for-divestment-from-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drsoroush.com\/en\/joint-harvard-mit-petition-for-divestment-from-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Harvard-MIT Petition for Divestment from Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">We, the undersigned are appalled by the human rights abuses against Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli government, the continual military occupation and colonization of Palestinian territory by Israeli armed forces and settlers, and the forcible eviction from and demolition of Palestinian homes, towns and cities. We find the recent attacks on Israeli citizens unacceptable and abhorrent. But these should not and do not negate the human rights of the Palestinians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As members of the MIT and Harvard University communities, we believe that our universities ought to use their influence &#8211; political and financial &#8211; to encourage the United States government and the government of Israel to respect the human rights of the Palestinians. We therefore call on the US government to make military aid and arms sales to Israel conditional on immediate initiation and rapid progress in implementing the conditions listed below. We also call on MIT and Harvard to divest from Israel, and from US companies that sell arms to Israel, until these conditions are met:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Israel is in compliance with <a href=\"http:\/\/domino.un.org\/UNISPAL.NSF\/b86613e7d92097880525672e007227a7\/59210ce6d04aef61852560c3005da209!OpenDocument\">United Nations Resolution 242<\/a> which notes the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war, and which calls for withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from occupied territories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Israel is in compliance with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unhchr.ch\/tbs\/doc.nsf\/(Symbol)\/CAT.C.XXVII.Concl.5.En?Opendocument\">United Nations Committee Against Torture 2001 Report<\/a> which recommends that Israel&#8217;s use of legal torture be ended.<\/p>\n<p>In compliance with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unhchr.ch\/html\/menu3\/b\/92.htm\">Fourth Geneva Convention<\/a> (&#8220;The occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into territories it occupies&#8221;; Article 49, paragraph 6), Israel ceases building new settlements, and vacates existing settlements, in the Occupied Territories.<\/p>\n<p>Israel acknowledges in principle the applicability of United Nations Resolution 194 with respect to the rights of refugees, and accepts that refugees should either be allowed to return to their former lands or else be compensated for their losses, as agreed by the Palestinians and Israelis in bilateral negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MIT Faculty (57)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jinane Abounadi, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<br \/>\nArvind, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<br \/>\nRobert Ballufi, Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering<br \/>\nRobert Berwick, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<br \/>\nLera Boroditsky, Brain and Cognitive Sciences<br \/>\nSylvain Bromberger, Linguistics and Philosophy<br \/>\nAnders Skovsted Buch, Instructor, Mathematics<br \/>\nNoam Chomsky, Linguistics and Philosophy<br \/>\nJoshua Cohen, Political Science<br \/>\nSuzanne Corkin, Brain and Cognitive Sciences<br \/>\nMichel DeGraff, Linguistics and Philosophy<br \/>\nJack B. Dennis, Emeritus, Computer Science and Engineering<br \/>\nArindam Dutta, Architecture<br \/>\nBevin P. Engelward, Bioengineering<br \/>\nMichael Ernst, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<br \/>\nDanny Fox, Linguistics and Philosophy<br \/>\nAhmed Ghoniem, Mechanical Engineering<br \/>\nTed Gibson, Brain and Cognitive Sciences<br \/>\nKate Gould, Writing and Humanistic Studies<br \/>\nHugh Gusterson, Science, Technology, and Society.<br \/>\nMorris Halle, Linguistics and Philosophy<br \/>\nSally Haslanger, Linguistics and Philosophy<br \/>\nIrene Heim, Linguistics and Philosophy<br \/>\nDiana Henderson, Literature<br \/>\nBerthold K.P. Horn, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<br \/>\nJean Jackson, Anthropology<br \/>\nLouis Kampf, Professor of Literature Emeritus<br \/>\nNancy Kanwisher, Brain and Cognitive Sciences<br \/>\nMujid Kazimi, Nuclear Engineering<br \/>\nEvelyn Fox Keller, Science, Technology, and Society<br \/>\nJonathon King, Biology<br \/>\nUtpal Lahiri, visiting faculty member, Linguistics and Philosophy<br \/>\nRobert W. Mann, Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering<br \/>\nAlec Marantz, Linguistics and Philosophy<br \/>\nHaynes Miller, Mathematics<br \/>\nShigeru Miyagawa, Linguistics and Philosophy<br \/>\nWayne O&#8217;Neil, Linguistics and Philosophy<br \/>\nRadhika Nagpal, Lecturer, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<br \/>\nJon Nissenbaum, Lecturer, Linguistics<br \/>\nRuth Perry, Literature<br \/>\nDavid Pesetsky, Linguistics and Philosophy<br \/>\nMary Potter, Brain and Cognitive Sciences<br \/>\nNasser Rabbat, Architecture<br \/>\nGeorge Rathjens, Professor of Political Science, Emeritus<br \/>\nBalakrishnan Rajagopal, Urban Studies and Planning<br \/>\nNorvin Richards, Linguistics and Philosophy<br \/>\nBish Sanyal, Urban Studies and Planning<br \/>\nTed Selker, Media Lab<br \/>\nSusan Silbey, Sociology and Anthropology<br \/>\nSusan Slyomovics, Anthropology<br \/>\nAbha Sur, Lecturer, Urban Studies and Planning<br \/>\nMriganka Sur, Brain and Cognitive Sciences<br \/>\nKen Wexler, Brain and Cognitive Sciences<br \/>\nElizabeth A. Wood, History<br \/>\nJohn Wyatt, Electrical Engineering<br \/>\nStephen Yablo, Linguistics and Philosophy<br \/>\nKamal Youcef-Toumi, Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harvard Faculty (75)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robert S. Abernethy III, Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School<br \/>\nAbdul Abou-Samra, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School<br \/>\nBill Allan, Classics<br \/>\nPeter Ashton, Biology<br \/>\nJohn Assad, Harvard Medical School<br \/>\nPhineas Baxandall, Lecturer, Social Studies<br \/>\nMark Baxter, Psychology<br \/>\nJane Bestor, Lecturer, Social Studies<br \/>\nNed Block, Visiting Professor of Philosophy<br \/>\nRichard Born, Harvard Medical School<br \/>\nXandra Breakefield, Professor of Neurology, Molecular Neurogenetics Unit,MGH<br \/>\nAlfonso Caramazza, Psychology<br \/>\nMary Carlson, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health<br \/>\nPatrick Cavanagh, Psychology<br \/>\nSteven Caton, Anthropology<br \/>\nCourtney Cazden, Education, Emeritus<br \/>\nNicholas A. Christakis, Harvard Medical School<br \/>\nJohn Coatsworth, History<br \/>\nJohn Duffy, Classics<br \/>\nFelton Earls, Harvard Medical School<br \/>\nWilliam von Eggers Doering, Chemistry and Chemical Biology<br \/>\nAyman El-Desouky, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations<br \/>\nBrad Epps, Romance Languages and Literatures<br \/>\nMary C. Smith Fawzi, Instructor, Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School<br \/>\nJeffrey Goldberg, Lecturer, Music, and Instructor, Graduate School of Education<br \/>\nWilliam Granara, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations<br \/>\nVictor Gurewich, Medicine, Harvard Medical School<br \/>\nVirginie Greene, Romance Languages and Literatures<br \/>\nJanet Halley, Harvard Law School<br \/>\nPaul D. Hanson, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations<br \/>\nJoseph Harris. English<br \/>\nRichard G. Heck, Jr., Professor of Philosophy<br \/>\nEnseng Ho, Anthropology<br \/>\nPaul F Hoffman, Earth and Planetary Sciences<br \/>\nSteve Holmes, Adjunct Instructor, Harvard Extention School<br \/>\nRobert Howe, Engineering and Applied Sciences<br \/>\nC.-T. James Huang, Linguistics, Harvard University<br \/>\nRuth Hubbard, Emeritus, Cell and Molecular Biology<br \/>\nChristopher P. Jones, Classics and History<br \/>\nMartin Kilson, Emeritus, Government<br \/>\nRichard Levins, Harvard School of Public Health<br \/>\nJ. Lorand Matory, Anthropology<br \/>\nMarkus Meister, Molecular and Cellular Biology<br \/>\nGeorge Moseley, School of Public Health<br \/>\nSalikoko S. Mufwene, Linguistics<br \/>\nThomas Mullins, Associate Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies<br \/>\nDavid Mumford, Emeritus, Mathematics<br \/>\nGregory Nagy, Classics and Comparative Literature<br \/>\nKen Nakayama, Psychology<br \/>\nAfsaneh Najmabadi, History and Women&#8217;s studies<br \/>\nDawn Obeidallah, Harvard Medical School, Department of Social Medicine<br \/>\nLaila Parsons, Middle Eastern Studies<br \/>\nGloria Ferrari Pinne, Classics and History of Art and Architecture<br \/>\nLouise Popkin, Adjunct Instructor, Harvard Extension<br \/>\nMatthew Rosen, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics<br \/>\nChristopher Shera, Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School<br \/>\nJessica Shubow, Lecturer, History and Literature<br \/>\nSusanna Siegel, Philosophy<br \/>\nCatherine Snow, Graduate School of Education<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Abdulkarim Soroush, Visiting Professor, Islam Studies, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations<\/span><br \/>\nElizabeth Spelke, Psychology<br \/>\nChristopher J. Sturr, Lecturer, Social Studies<br \/>\nRichard F. Thomas, Greek and Latin<br \/>\nBert Vaux, Linguistics<br \/>\nFrancois Vigier, Graduate School of Design<br \/>\nCherie Wendelken, History of Art and Architecture<br \/>\nKath Weston, Director of Studies and Senior Lecturer, Women&#8217;s Studies<br \/>\nKim Williams, Kennedy School of Government<br \/>\nRichard Wilson, Physics<br \/>\nRobert Wisnovsky, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations<br \/>\nJohn Womack, History<br \/>\nNur Yalman, Anthropology<br \/>\nAlan M. Zaslavsky, Harvard Medical School<br \/>\nHenri Zerner, History of Art and Architecture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Colleagues in Israel who Support the Petition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Farjoun, MIT PhD in Math, now professor at Hebrew University<br \/>\nYosef Grodzinsky, MIT Postdoc in Linguistics, now profssor at Tel Aviv University<br \/>\nIdan Landau, MIT PhD in Linguistics, now lecturer at Ben Gurion University<br \/>\nTanya Reinhart, MIT PhD in Linguistics, now professor at Tel-Aviv University<br \/>\nNomi Shir, MIT PhD in Linguistics, now professor at Ben Gurion University<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardmitdivest.org\/petition.html\">http:\/\/www.harvardmitdivest.org\/petition.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We, the undersigned are appalled by the human rights abuses against Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli government, the continual military occupation and colonization of Palestinian territory by Israeli armed forces and settlers, and the forcible eviction from and demolition of Palestinian homes, towns and cities. 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