Word: apartheid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...example of the last case is "Apartheid's Arc," a forum on Israel and South Africa that a group of pro-Palestinian activists planned to hold at the Divinity School. After Divinity School Dean Ronald Thiemann correctly rejected the organizers' request to hold the conference on campus, the conference was moved to another location...
...forum was an academic endeavor worthy of Harvard's support. And the clear answer is "No." This is not because the topic itself is "too controversial." Rather, it is because the sponsors of the forum are interested in more than promoting a constructive discussion or aiding the victims of apartheid; they also wish to deceive their audience and promote their own anti-Israel agenda...
...might not have been happy with Apartheid's Arc, but we probably would have learned something...
ISRAEL is a very emotional issue for many Jews, including myself. It isn't easy to hear Israel associated with South Africa. I hate to hear of Israeli soldiers abusing commonly held standards of human rights. And I know that I would feel uncomfortable at Apartheid...
...believe Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza is morally equivalent to South African apartheid. However, my disagreement with others' interpretations of historical events does not give me the right of censorship. Their speech doesn't denigrate me; at most, it makes me uneasy...