As I mentioned earlier, since a balanced approach is being called out by all, I do not understand why difficult conversations do not include response to what happened after Hamas brutal attack on Humans (including documented murders of newborn etc.). It is a good opportunity for Palestinian Academics to denounce what happened and to confirm that they do not stand with Hamas. I have not seen any statements of denouncement by the Palestinian Academics. Please direct me to such statements by the very same academics who now say that there is a Humanitarian Crisis in Palestine where they live and work and they need support. On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 at 09:23, Dr. Rasha Abdulla via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
So the response of the self-acclaimed Israeli who is the AoIR President to this imperative issue is to stifle conversation?!!! WOW!! Just WOW!!!
Rasha A. Abdulla Professor Journalism and Mass Communication The American University in Cairo Twitter: @RashaAbdulla http://twitter.com/rashaabdulla
On Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 9:48 AM Nicholas John via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
Dear all
I have been following the discussion here very closely throughout what has been a very long day. I wish to address a couple of points from the various posts that have been sent.
For those of you who don’t know me, I am, among other things, the President of AoIR, Jewish, and Israeli. I have skin in the game. For some, this may disqualify me from speaking; for others, my lived experience may be considered relevant. If you know me, you likely know my views on the conflict and the current government. I do not feel a need to share them here. For the sake of openness, though, I can say that I am yet to see a statement about the conflict that does justice to the complexities of the situation.
My primary concern right now, therefore, is for AoIR. I think it is already clear that it is unlikely that the AoIR community will agree on a statement about the current situation in the Middle East. So far, the discussion has, by and large, been pretty civil, though I am extremely concerned that it might stop being so. Let me remind everyone of our code of conduct ( https://aoir.org/codeofconduct) and the rules of use ( https://aoir.org/mailing-lists/mailing-list-rules-and-etiquette) for the mailing list.
On a practical note, and after conversations with the exec members who were available today, the conversation on this list will be slowed down a bit. Every message will get through (unless it really shouldn’t), though not immediately. It’s 1am where I am, but tomorrow morning I will release a bunch of messages, and will continue to do so through the day.
I know that this conflict has already cost people real friendships within academia. It must not cost us our community.
Nik
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