Eitan Gilboa-05/06/2007

Eitan Gilboa, (Ynetnews)

"Non governmental offices are much more reliable than government ministries; therefore, they conduct more efficient public diplomacy. The struggle against the academic boycott should be conducted by the International Advisory Board on Academic Freedom headquartered at the Bar Ilan University and by academic organizations in Israel."

"The Histadrut Labor Federation, which maintains close ties with workers' unions worldwide, could also assist. All these efforts will be costly and therefore the government should designate appropriate funds.

Substantially expanding scientific cooperation between Britain and Israel would be the best answer to the British academic boycott. The British government and leading British universities oppose the boycott.

Together with the Israeli government and Israeli universities they should allocate the required resources and prove in the coming years that the boycott decisions will lead to the opposite outcome - the strengthening of scientific cooperation between the two countries." 

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