Should we consider a boycott of Israeli academic institutions? Yes

The very question that an academic would consider a boycott is utter
madness. The Israeli scientific and medical communities are at the
forefront of science as well as medical advances. These advances are given
to the world and are also available to the Palestinians. When a baby is
born with severe heart disease, the doctors in the Palestinian areas are
able to send the baby to the Israeli medical centers for care that would
not be available elsewhere. For any political considerations to be applied
to the academic community of Israel demonstrates the lack of true
intellectual process on the part of the proponents of any boycott.
Perhaps those who wish a boycott should reject any medical assistance that
was developed by the Israeli community. Also perhaps those who are quick
to criticize should go live in any Arab country and suffer the same
circumstances that the residents suffer in terms of lack of democracy and
lack of rights afforded to women and minorities.

Competing interests:
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