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Princeton cancels Three ex-Terrorist program: “too inflammatory.”
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Nidra Poller
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Yeah well forget the free speech academic freedom smokescreen. It has been clear for years now that free speech only applies to anointed victims. They can say anything, anytime, anywhere. The more vitriolic, the better. The word "terrorist" was too inflammatory. That's a good one. They should have been billed as ex-militants? Or why not ex-moderates? The universities who indulge in this game should be ashamed of themselves, but they have no shame. Maybe someday they'll be billed as ex-universities!
Nidra Poller
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Posted by: Nidra Poller on December 5, 2005 08:40 AM
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ShyGuy
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Well, shut mah mouth!
Posted by: ShyGuy on December 5, 2005 11:51 AM
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Bill Levinson
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I am in favor of rubbing Princeton University's face in its own excrement. Is there any way we can get Michael Savage to talk about these vermin on his radio program? Hopefully we can generate enough bad publicity to cost the university millions of dollars in alumni donations. That will teach them otherwise than to aid the terrorist enemies of the United States.
Posted by: Bill Levinson on December 5, 2005 12:15 PM
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PIPAC Officer
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Hi, sorry to bust your bubble, but unfortunately the press release above is very misleading and contains a number of factual errors. PIPAC has decided to release the following statement in response to Keith Davies' statement:
Despite the enthusiasm of PIPAC and the University community to bring the Walid Shoebat event to campus, the belligerent actions of the Walid Shoebat Foundation caused this event to be postponed.
Early in the fall, PIPAC contacted the Walid Shoebat Foundation in regard to hosting three ex-terrorists. These speakers would discuss their involvement in violent acts against Israel and their decision to renounce terrorism and advocate for peace. The goal of PIPAC and the University administration for this event was to bring a pro-Israel voice to Princeton’s campus and further the campus discussion of current issues in the Middle East. The Foundation did not communicate their intention to hold an event much larger in scale.
The Foundation intentionally misled PIPAC concerning their plan to generate national media attention. The Foundation made repeated grandiose claims as to the projected scope of the event, only to follow with the caveat that it was equally possible that there would be no media attention whatsoever. These conflicting messages made it impossible for PIPAC to gauge the direction this event would take.
The Foundation specifically asked PIPAC not to inform the University administration of the plans for national media attention. Meanwhile, the Foundation’s advertising erroneously implied that the University had invited Walid Shoebat directly. PIPAC was neither consulted concerning this publicity nor mentioned in it, despite PIPAC’s sole sponsorship of Shoebat on campus.
In addition to deception and duplicity, the Foundation made unsparing use of intimidation tactics, rudeness, and foul language. The Foundation’s manager and his associates routinely cursed at and insulted the members of PIPAC, including hurling vicious anti-Semitic remarks. This appalling and rather unprofessional behavior chilled the relations between the Foundation and both PIPAC and the University administration.
As a result of the willfully misleading behavior of the Foundation, PIPAC was not in a position to make a variety of arrangements necessary for an event on the scale projected by the Foundation. The required preparations would include proper security, parking arrangements, crowd control in case of protest, rooms available for simulcast, and permits from the Town. Furthermore, PIPAC never signed a proper contract with the Foundation, and therefore this event never received official approval from the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students. Given the lack of arrangements, PIPAC understands the reasons behind the University’s decision to postpone the event and supports their decision in this matter.
Posted by: PIPAC Officer on December 5, 2005 04:32 PM
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John Lee
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There are very interesting updates to this story on the excellent IRIS Blog:
http://www.iris.org.il/blog/archives/722-Princeton-Censors-Ex-PLO-Speakers;-Likely-to-Hire-PLO-Professor.html
Posted by: John Lee on December 6, 2005 11:05 AM
Princeton cancels Three ex-Terrorist program: “too inflammatory.”
by Jerry Gordon former U.S. military intelligence officer, writer, activist who lives in Connecticut
After intense deliberations with Princeton University administration an event sponsored by the Princeton Israel Political Action Committee (PIPAC) involving presentations by three ex-terrorists from PLO and Arab gangs was abruptly cancelled-a denial of free speech. “Too inflammatory” the university officials said. Arrangements are being made by the organizers for a possible non-university sponsored event at a location to be announced off campus nearby. As you will see in this news release from the program’s organizers, a press conference has been scheduled for December 8th. There are indications that national talk radio, regular and cable TV news coverage may occur on Thursday and Friday in the aftermath of the program's cancellation on the Princeton campus.
At a time of today's Netanya, Israel mall suicide bombing killing five and injuring or maiming dozens the cancellation of the Princeton ex-terrorist event ranks as one of the most untimely and callous decisions by a major university.
This is an elite university that permitted Israel Arab MK Azmi Bishara to speak on campus who traitorously consorted with Israel's enemies in Syria. Princeton also has courted Professor Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University to leave his embattled post on Morningside heights in New York City. Khalidi is the holder of the Edward Said Chair of Middle East History at Columbia who spoke at Princeton in April this year. The Princeton faculty is split in rancorous debate over a possible Khalidi appointment. Princeton is the elite Ivy league university where Transregional Institute sponsored research fellowships for Palestinians to discuss their cultural and national "aspirations" in paid positions on the staff.
The cancellation by Princeton this weekend of the three ex-terrorist program looks like colossal bad timing to many of us given today's coincidental developments of a suicide bombing in Netanya.
Looks like Princeton won't provide equal time for truth.
The Princeton decision may propel the issue of the canceled three ex-terrorist program to the attention of the American public nationally.
Stay tuned for further developments.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec. 5, 2005
Princeton U. Says Campus Event Against Terrorism is “too inflammatory”
PRINCETON, NJ: In clear violation of free speech, Princeton University has cancelled a speaking event by three former Middle East terrorists because it says that the use of the word "terrorist" in the promotion for the event is “too inflammatory.”
The speakers will hold a press conference near the campus on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 6:00 p.m. The location will be announced in an updated media release the morning of the press conference.
“We believe Princeton is creating red tape to stop the event,” said Keith Davies, the executive director of the Walid Shoebat Foundation.
The event organizers planned to bring Walid Shoebat, Ibrahim Abdallah and Zak Anani to the Ivy League school to lecture on the terrorist mindset and how they were indoctrinated into terrorism.
Walid Shoebat is from a prominent family in Bethlehem. After joining the PLO, he took part in numerous acts of violence against Israel including the bombing of a bank. He was also involved in the attempted lynching of an Israeli soldier. Feature stories on Mr. Shoebat have aired on the BBC, FOX News, MSNBC, CBS and have been published in the Telegraph and Calgary Sun.
Zak Anani was a leader of the most notorious Arab gangs prior to Lebanese civil war. Before he age 16, he killed numerous Arabs in gang warfare and hated the West.
Ibrahim Abadallah was born and raised in Dearborn Michigan to a Jordanian father. At 17, he immigrated to Israel, where he joined the PLO. He injured many Israelis while rioting and throwing Molotov cocktails at them.
For more information, contact Keith Davies at 720-935-2826 or lalric@verizon.net
Posted by Jerry Gordon at December 5, 2005 07:49 AM