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Academic boycotts of Israel - why all the fuss?

Academic boycotts of Israel - why all the fuss?

FromTel Aviv Review


Academic boycotts of Israel - why all the fuss?

FromTel Aviv Review

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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Oct 2, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Prof. Zvi Ziegler is Professor Emeritus of mathematics at the Technion and Chairman of the Israeli inter-university forum to combat academic boycotts. He assesses with host Gilad Halpern the threat posed to Israeli academia by international calls for a boycott, and explains how Israel tries - and in most cases succeeds - to thwart them. Song: Geva Alon - Days of Hunger   This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel
Released:
Oct 2, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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Showcasing the latest developments in the realm of academic and professional research and literature, about the Middle East and global affairs. We discuss Israeli, Arab and Palestinian society, the Jewish world, the Middle East and its conflicts, and issues of global and public affairs with scholars, writers and deep-thinkers.