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Please use this link to sign the following statement, and forward it to your contacts. Although the statement is aimed at academics and individuals in the human rights field, it is open to all. Current signatories included below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZ9UdcAbp0yHiflaJtaJ0hDjPTIJ1FW0z1-Ny2JK5VdVkSYg/viewform?c=0&w=1 "We, the undersigned, condemn the invitation of Ayelet Shaked, minister of Justice and member of far-right party HaBayit HaYehudi in Israel who openly called for mass murder of Palestinians to hold a roundtable discussion at the University of Vienna on the 15th of February, called "Protecting Human Rights While Countering Terrorism - The Israeli Case". In July 2014, Shaked, who is known for her radical incitements on social media, publicly shared a quote from Uri Elitzur, who was a leading pro settler journalist and a close adviser to prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. What follows are some excerpts of this quote from a translation which appeared in the Washington Post: "The Palestinian people has declared war on us, and we must respond with war. Not an operation, not a slow-moving one, not low-intensity, not controlled escalation, no destruction of terror infrastructure, no targeted killings. Enough with the oblique references. This is a war. Words have meanings. This is a war. This is not a war against terror, and not a war against extremists, and not even a war against the Palestinian Authority. The reality is that this is a war between two people. Who is the enemy? The Palestinian people. Why? Ask them, they started it. (...) Behind every terrorist stand dozens of men and women, without whom he could not engage in terrorism. (...) They are all enemy combatants, and their blood shall be on all their heads. Now this also includes the mothers of the martyrs, who send them to hell with flowers and kisses. They should follow their sons, nothing would be more just. They should go, as should the physical homes in which they raised the snakes. Otherwise, more little snakes will be raised there.” https://goo.gl/Q7CNnM <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://goo.gl/Q7CNnM&sa=D&ust=1487031317224000&usg=AFQjCNEZC_Dm860QLkEvLu1M5F_kww-IsQ> Shaked is founder of far-right advocacy group Yisrael Sheli and she is known for her extreme, ultranationalist views. Shaked furthermore took a clear anti-immigration stance, that explicitly targets African migrants in Israel. We condemn the University of Vienna for inviting a far right politician who has utilized her position at the top of the Israeli government, perpetuating systematic human rights violations in the Palestinian Territories, to espouse divisive rhetoric and policies. Inviting Shaked, who was recently one of the main drivers of the widely criticized legislation bill to legalize settlement outposts and who openly supports the radical right settler movement, takes a clear stand against international law. Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have campaigned for many years that "Israel’s settlement policy is inherently discriminatory and has resulted in grave human rights violations including destruction of homes, forced evictions, unlawful killings, arbitrary detentions and collective punishment." https://goo.gl/usWCCo <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://goo.gl/usWCCo&sa=D&ust=1487031317224000&usg=AFQjCNE9HI3R5TTzWET0bUbWLRxKNN-NOw> In light of the growing popularity of hate speech and racism on a global level, we believe that the University of Vienna has an ethical responsibility for eliminating the perpetuation of these divisive narratives within its grounds. Therefore, we demand a cancellation of the event and we demand that the University of Vienna take a clear position against the Israeli extreme right politician and justice minister who stands for hate speech and racism." Ines Mahmoud, Political Scientist, Vienna Ramin Taghian, Historian, Vienna Klaudia Rottenschlager, University of Vienna George Souvlis, European University Institute Benjamin Opratko, University of Vienna Tanzeen Rashed Doha, University of California-Davis Selim Nadi Centre d’histoire, Sciences Po Paris Katrin Gleirscher, University of Vienna David Broder, London School of Economics Norman Ajari, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès Mariya Ivancheva, University College Dublin Paola Rivetti, Dublin City University Erella Grassiani, University of Amsterdam Sukhraj Singh, Greenwich University David Landy, Trinity College Dublin Shireen Cotto, City University London Itamar Shachar, Ghent University Eldad Zion, University of Amsterdam Samia Malik, University of Arts, London Valentina Becker, Free University of Berlin Harry Browne, Dublin Institute of Technology Firas Shehadeh, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna Georg Layr, Central European University Aurelien Mondon, University of Bath Eva Kössner, University of Vienna Sophie Coudray, Université Lyon 2 Neil Davidson, University of Glasgow Raymond Deane, National University of Ireland Shir Hever, Free University of Berlin Dominique Doujenis, University of Vienna Nour Shantout, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Alaa El-Mahrakawy, London School of Economics - Gender Institute Flávio Jorge Tavares Zenun Almada, Center of International Studies, ISCTE-UL, Lisbon Dina Batshon, University College London Marissa Lobo, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna Nadeem Dawud, University of Oxford, London Wiem Mahmoud, Paris-Sorbonne University Dana Suffrin, University of Munich Wilhelm Kempf, University of Konstanz Sharri Plonski, SOAS, University of London Enrico Bartolomei, University of Macerata Lana Sirri, Maastricht University Anthony Bale Birkbeck, University of London Annick Suzor-Weiner, University Paris-Sud, emeritus Anat Matar, Tel Aviv University Nora Kamal, University of Vienna Soraya El Kahlaoui, EHESS - Paris Sylvia Finzi, University College, London Sheer Ganor, UC Berkeley Adam Baltner, University of Vienna Herman De Ley, Ghent University Martin Konecny, Political Scientist, University of Vienna Laleh Khalili, SOAS, University of London Ronit Lentin, Trinity College Dublin, ret. 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