Fighting the Boycott Israel Drive on California Campuses

UC Santa Cruz teacher of Hebrew Tammi Benjamin of the AMCHA Initiative and Ari Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center  have co-authored the below linked piece in the (Los Angeles) Jewish Journal regarding the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement on California university campuses.

http://www.jewishjournal.com/opinion/article/bds_debate_a_tale_of_two_universities

I  was present at the referenced event featuring Omar Barghouti at UC Riverside. Professor Lloyd's quoted comments came in response to my question to him during the q and a as to whether the UCR Humanities Department was putting its imprimatur on Barghouti's words and whether the department would sponsor a pro-Israel speaker to provide balance, the latter of which, Lloyd  termed "preposterous".

http://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2014/01/omar-ingrate-barghouti-touring.html

Here is a link to a petition letter to California State Assembly Member Joan Buchanon and California State Senator Carol Liu regarding the misuse of tax-payer funds by UC and CSU faculty and departments in promoting the BDS movement against Israel. I have signed it, and I hope you will too.

http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1528498/Please-sign-Letter-to-State-Senator-Carol-Liu-and-Assembly-Member-Joan-Buchanon-Regarding-Misues-of-Taxpayer-Funds-by-UC-and-CSU-Faculty-and-Departments

There is no justifiable reason why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has managed to become the top issue of contention on US college campuses. It constitutes a waste of tax-payer funds and resources and has tarnished the reputation of many universities, not just in California, but across the US and  Canada due to the abuse of academic freedom by left-wing faculty who engage in indoctrination of their students rather than educating them. It is time to tell our universities to get back to the business of education.