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Source: The Guardian
Ian Black in Doha
The Guardian, Friday 13 June 2014 14.07 BST
Mohammed Dajani knew he was on sensitive ground when he took a group of students to visit the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland in March. But it took the furore that followed to make the Palestinian academic realise that he had entered a political and psychological minefield.
Dajani resigned from his post at Jerusalem's Al-Quds University this week after failing to win the unequivocal support of his employers in a row which highlighted the darkest taboos of the conflict with Israel and each side's enduring sense of victimhood.
The visit to the concentration camp was part of a project to study the Holocaust and teach tolerance and empathy. "It is about understanding the other," Dajani told the Guardian during a conference in the Qatari capital, Doha. "You need to understand the other because reconciliation is the only option we have. And the sooner we do it the better. Empathising with your enemy does not mean you sanction what your enemy is doing to you."
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Dajani faced abuse, intimidation and death threats over the visit. Al-Quds dissociated itself from the project but defended his right to be involved. It insisted he had not been dismissed and supplied him with bodyguards. But in the end it accepted his resignation.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/13/palestinian-professor-resigns-students-auschwitz
Chef Eric
(1,024 posts)libodem
(19,288 posts)And had it copied to my clipboard ready to give it a home.
You beat me to it. I admire this professor. He was truly educating students to think for themselves by giving them experience with history.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)the title that is posted is not the title of the article the real title is : Palestinian professor: no regrets over taking students to Auschwitz
King_David
(14,851 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)may have played a role too
a couple of snippets not included
King_David
(14,851 posts)Certainly a visit to the most holy of Jewish cemeteries wouldn't be popular amongst a government that recently accused all Jews of being Christ Killers.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)have Christian members?
King_David
(14,851 posts)The worst antiSemitic governments before the current Jew hating crop were Christian.
Dubious ??? It's in the record .
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)and yes the claim that the PA has this as it's official stance is very dubious
King_David
(14,851 posts)Mistranslation type thingy ??
LOL
Sureeeee
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)okee dokee then