Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Ramallahization of Concordia

In the last two days Canadians have learned that a Canadian university will not allow former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, (possibly the most dovish of all Israeli prime ministers and the only one who attempted to give away the West Bank, Samaria, Judea, and Gaza) to speak at a campus sponsored event in Montreal. Concordia University concluded that it was unable to offer adequate security protection to the speaker, the students, the faculty and surrounding neighborhood.

And yet, on October 22, 2003, Eric Ben-Artzi, a famous Israeli "refusenik" and nephew to Benjamin Netanyahu (former Israeli Prime Minister, whose presence caused the "pro-palestinian" Concordia students to riot on September 9, 2002,) to speak at an event held on campus. No riots or arrests were reported.

The paradox lies in that the Pro-Palestinian fraction in Canada has managed to hijack even the most dovish voices of dissent on campus by the use of aggression and violence just like Arafat and his minions have in Ramallah.

Update via the Globe and Mail.

Clarification: Eric Ben-Artzi and is not an actual "refusenik" per say, but speaks out on behalf of the "Refusnik" cause and is related to Yoni Ben-Artzi (real deal "refusenik").

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