Students condemn their professors over Israel criticism

The academics had demonstrated a “severe lack of nuance surrounding the complexity of the Arab-Israeli conflict”, according to third-year classics student Josh Goodman, who wrote the letter.

“We aim to show that by no means do all of the members of Cambridge University hold the stance expressed in the academics’ statement, and that there is strong support for Israel within our community,” he said.

But the academics pre-empted some of the students’ criticisms by stating that “it is Israel that singles itself out”. They also called for the blockade of Gaza to be lifted and for “an end to the persecution of critics of Israel within academia”.

The students' statement can be seen here: http://camisraelstatement.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/counter-statement-by-st...