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[Alfred Kagan]

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>Wow.  UCR seens a little knee-jerk on this.  I bet these students 
>learned lessons in Isreal that will last them for the rest of their 
>lives.  Too bad UCR can't see that.
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>Tidbits:  May 22, 2002
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>1.  Illegally detained peace workers expelled by
>University of California
>2.  Re: what the govt. knew
>3.  Re: Truth Commission Petition
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>===
>
>ILLEGALLY DETAINED PEACE WORKERS EXPELLED BY UNIVERSITY
>OF CALIFORNIA
>
>INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
>
>Contact: Kate Crane, cell: 917.374.7087; Eric Laursen,
>cell: 212.620.7615; Georgina Reeves (Jerusalem), phone:
>011.972.55.840.767
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2002
>
>ILLEGALLY DETAINED PEACE WORKERS EXPELLED BY UNIVERSITY
>OF CALIFORNIA
>
>RAMLE, ISRAEL - Nauman Zaidi and Robert O'Neill, U.S.
>nationals illegally held in Masiyahu prison, were
>notified today by the prison warden that they had been
>expelled from the University of California for their
>humanitarian efforts in Palestine. Both students were
>part of a group who took food and medical assistance to
>the beleaguered Palestinians and clergy in the Church
>of the Nativity, Bethlehem earlier this month.
>
>The two activists were studying under an "Education
>Abroad" program, and have been in Cairo for the past
>year. The university's action against them means that
>all their study have been in vain, as they will not be
>able to transfer their work back to the U.S. Both would
>have graduated this summer. Today they were given 48
>hours to oppose the expulsion order and to protest the
>abuse of their right to an education; as they are in
>prison, they are unable to take any action.
>
>The expulsion of Zaidi and O'Neill continues a
>disturbing pattern of ill-treatment of American
>activists in Israel and Palestine by U.S. institutions.
>In an attempt to remove all witnesses of its violent
>strikes against Palestinian communities, the Israeli
>government has deported nearly all of the peace workers
>who attempted to deliver or succeeded in delivering
>humanitarian aid to the Church of the Nativity during
>the 39-day standoff that ended May 10. While the
>embassies of other countries' peace workers intervened
>immediately to have their citizens released, several
>U.S. nationals continue to be held in Ramle prison,
>which is notorious for human rights abuses - especially
>against women and children.
>
>Activists with the International Solidarity Movement, a
>Palestinian-led network of individual activists and
>grassroots community organizations dedicated to the
>nonviolent struggle for Palestinian freedom, have
>participated in a number of nonviolent direct actions
>in the occupied territories since May 2001.
>
>==
>
>More on the same from California . . .
>
>The University of California is at it again, harassing
>and intimidating activists for Palestinian rights.
>Having banned, and then under pressure, reversed, its
>ban of  Students for Justice in Palestine at Berkeley
>and having threatened SJP students with expulsion,
>having verbally attacked one of their instructors for
>planning to teach the politics of  and poetics of
>palestinian resistance, they have now expelled two
>members of the International Solidarity Movement from
>the University. On February 17th, parents of Nauman
>Zaidi of UC Riverside received a letter explaining that
>their son had been expelled from the Education Abroad
>Program and would not be allowed to graduate this
>summer as planned.  Robert O'Neill's parents received a
>similar letter around the same time.  The students
>would have 48 hours to appeal.  The fact that both are
>in Israeli jail and would be unable to appeal
>apparently made no impression on UC higher ups.  The 48
>hours passed; the students were expelled. Zaidis and
>O'Neill's offense?  Bringing  food and water to those
>hemmed in by the Israeli siege of the Church of the
>Nativity in Bethlehem. At least in the case of Zaidi,
>normal process was completely short-circuited by the
>Office of the President, where the local student
>conduct officer was unaware of Zaidi's expulsion until
>he read it in the newspaper. Local activists at UCR,
>Zaidi's campus of origin are planning actions on the
>two students behalf.  We can't let them get away with
>this!
>
>Be polite if you call, you know that the person who
>answers the phones is ridiculously underpaid.  On the
>other hand, if you actually get through to the
>president. . . Call (510) 987-0700, Office of the
>President Send a fax to (510) 987-9086
>
>Keith Danner peace and human rights coalition UCR
>International Socialist Organization
>
>===
>Rhonda L. Neugebauer
>Bibliographer, Latin American Studies/
>Social Sciences and Humanities
>University of California, Riverside
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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
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