If you read the news article, the thing that the synagogue was holding important was punishing a university administrator for complying with the law which required him to allow free speech on campus.
I don't think it's any secret that the Zionist establishment doesn't believe in free speech for those it dislikes, but rather in intimidation. But this was a particularly striking example, punishing a neutral party for not collaborating in an illegal effort to suppress speech. Of course the synagogue, as a private entity, has the legal right to do this; it likewise has the right to be known as an institution that cares more about enforcing disciplined compliance with Zionist dogma than it does about commemorating the Holocaust. And institutions that behave similarly have a similar right to be so known. What was principally at stake in the Rutgers case was not Rice's ability to give a speech expounding her views, but Rutgers' decision to honor her, someone well-known to have been a major participant in a major war crime (the illegal invasion of Iraq), with a commencement address and honorary degree. This is apparent if you read the faculty letter of protest against the invitation. On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 5:51 PM, David Shemano <[email protected]>wrote: > Israel Apartheid Week is intended to build support for the BSD movement, > which is dedicated to an academic boycott. Brandeis just disinvited Ayaan > Hirsi Ali. Condoleeza Rice just withdrew from speaking at Rutgers because > of protests. I don’t remember you posting about the free speech > implications of those actions, so you don’t appear to have a problem in > principle with disinviting, or refusing to invite in the first place, > people with whom you disagree. So why do you have a problem with a > synagogue making a statement about something it holds important? Does it > all depend on whose ox is getting gored to you? > > > > David Shemano > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Robert Naiman > *Sent:* Sunday, May 04, 2014 8:30 AM > *To:* Progressive Economics > *Subject:* [Pen-l] #occupy YomHaShoah? > > > > > > So, this university administrator was disinvited from participating in a > Holocaust day remembrance event because he followed a legal opinion that > told him that he had to allow an Israel Apartheid Week event to take place > on campus. You know, that whole free speech thing. In case anyone cares > about that. > > > > I'm thinking, if the Zionist establishment is going to play like this, we > may have to #occupy YomHaShoah. Let's see how they like that. > > > http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/04/29/a-wakeup-call-winnipeg-synagogue-disinvites-university-president-after-he-permitted-israel-apartheid-week/<http://cp.mcafee.com/d/5fHCNAe6x0SyOqejhOCye7nd79KVJ6X2atQrLL6QrI8FThhKOrhKMyDt6XVEVdETohjKyyy-rgEjZnol1iTOCaaX0NV7BPqTOCaaX0NV7BPtA_vsspvW_9LFIenvWZOW8VBXCnPhOMUCPORQr8EGETvVkffGhBrwqrhdFCXCXCM0sfckW6PBm6DHlFfBYjKyNBScjd7eqncqlZJoLrjPOVyk8imYynEmxF6F5LOW4GiwpBfW5SUic_6AFByWQvF93UjbWXfUBOvBRLyHas_gbOF7vfbWJIpA_AwncvVn3qQjd3HFThJvjhOeKsJY2VVsxlK5LE2zVkDjHkrIjBqLuwSrs7nvdCBIbv0Kuqnjh01Brmrmb6y03Rl2-z1eKAOhJcsrUOct> > > > > -- > > Robert Naiman > Policy Director > Just Foreign Policy > www.justforeignpolicy.org<http://cp.mcafee.com/d/2DRPoAd38Orhpd79EVjh73HCzATsSztx5eWdTTzqdS4kXEETpdETohjKztYQsCQrI8FThhhvdEk9-HIawFrVj55twoYzOVJrVj55twoYzOVKOvLKecLZvATQS7bLZuVt4sOZPbVEVosjpVqWdAklkrLYG7DR8OJMddFCQPtPtPo08hrFdSIvAhwJk-lyT00jqQjd3HFThJvjhOeKsJY2VVsxlK5LE2zVkDjHkrIjBqLuwSrs7nvdCBIbv0Kuqnjh01Brmrmb6y03Rl2-z1eKAOhJcsrGjFWWFYf> > [email protected] > > (202) 448-2898, extension 1 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] (202) 448-2898, extension 1.
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