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To all those who originally received this petition, please ensure that you use your Community Organization's name if you are signing on behalf of an organization! Thank you, - Amith On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 3:24 PM, A.R. G <amithrgu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sign here: > > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cKC8EQu3Grn9ps1MsFS-xTSqAHP9u2DcecyuGTgP2os/viewform?usp=send_form > > *Text of Petition: * > > To the NYU Law Federalist Society and NYU Law Professor Ryan Goodman, > > We call on the Federalist Society to rescind your invitation to Israeli > Military Lieutenant-Colonel-Doctor Eran Shamir-Borer to speak at the Law > School this coming Thursday; and we call on Professor Ryan Goodman to > cancel your participation in the same event. > > Hosting an Israeli military officer to field questions about the legality > of Israeli war crimes goes beyond discussing the matter in an academic > fashion to whitewashing and normalizing those who violate international > law’s core tenets most brazenly. > > Shamir-Borer’s supporters describe him as the legal advisor for Operation > Protective Edge, the Israeli military codename for this summer’s Israeli > invasion of Gaza, which killed over two-thousand Palestinians -- most of > them civilians, including roughly five hundred children. Shamir-Borer’s > role is to shield Israel from accountability for war crimes. > > There is a virtual international consensus that Israel committed grave > violations of the laws of war during its Gaza invasion. Most human rights > watchdogs, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, as well > as UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and UN High Commissioner for Human > Rights Navi Pillay, concluded that Israel perpetrated a number of war > crimes during this campaign, including deliberately targeting civilians and > civilian infrastructure, medical facilities, and shelters, the use of > weaponry incapable of distinction in densely populated areas, generally > failing to distinguish between civilians and combatants, and conducting > disproportionate attacks, among other grave breaches of the Hague > Regulations, Geneva Conventions and customary international law. > > Shamir-Borer, who is on tour to justify Israel’s massacres at > universities, has already met with considerable backlash elsewhere. His > visit to Tufts University has sparked over 1200 individuals to petition > that university to cancel the event. Around the country, students are > standing up to a culture of impunity for Israeli atrocities. > > This event would continue NYU Law’s unfortunate and irresponsible behavior > in the aftermath of this summer’s tragedy. As you may know, NYU Law > enthusiastically embraced the Forum on Law, Culture, and Society this > August, despite Forum Director Thane Rosenbaum’s abhorrent statement that > Palestinians “forfeit [their] right to be called civilians”. He based this > on how some Palestinians voted in an election, echoing the rationalizations > for violence against civilians used by terrorists. > > Individuals who are responsible for such blatant crimes of war deserve to > be heard at their trials. Shamir-Borer’s appropriate venue for this > presentation is at the Hague, not at a law school under the guise of > academic exchange. > > Signed, > > [The undersigned] > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
