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In sensitivity to Palestinian students, Harvard is moving away from SodaStream
http://mondoweiss.net/2014/12/sensitivity-palestinian-sodastreamFor Palestinian students at Harvard, the presence of the SodaStream label represented a direct endorsement of land theft that has destroyed their communities and left thousands without homes. Students quickly brought the issue to the attention of the Mather house masters, Dr. Michael Rosengarten and Dr. Christie McDonald, who to their credit, responded thoughtfully and immediately, organizing a meeting with Dean of Student Life Stephen Lassonde, representatives from Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), and Dr. Allen Counter, Director of the Harvard Foundation. A subsequent meeting occurred with Interim Dean of the College Donald Pfister. A final meeting was arranged in Lowell House, to be moderated by Professor Diana Eck, Lowell House Master and Director of the Pluralism Project. Present at this meeting were representatives of Harvard College, HUDS, students supporting the move away from SodaStream, and students opposing it. The discussion was vibrant and productive, culminating in a verbal commitment by HUDS to purchase from vendors other than SodaStream in the future. The aformentioned meetings took place from February 2014 to March 2014, with the release of a statement (copied below) by Professor Diana Eck on April 7, 2014. In the weeks after our final meeting, HUDS showed their commitment to this decision by cancelling an order they had already made for a new SodaStream machine in Adams House, paying the restocking fee, and making an order from a different company.
On behalf of Palestinian rights activists here at Harvard, including members of the Progressive Jewish Alliance who helped us tremendously in this effort, we would like to thank HUDS and the Harvard administration, particularly the House Masters, for their decision to stand on the side of international justice as well as sensitivity to their own students. The discussion surrounding this move was enlightening, and we hope these events will only spur further discussion on the issues of Palestinian human rights and a lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians.
On behalf of Palestinian rights activists here at Harvard, including members of the Progressive Jewish Alliance who helped us tremendously in this effort, we would like to thank HUDS and the Harvard administration, particularly the House Masters, for their decision to stand on the side of international justice as well as sensitivity to their own students. The discussion surrounding this move was enlightening, and we hope these events will only spur further discussion on the issues of Palestinian human rights and a lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians.
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B) For your lack of substance…
C) For you inability to do anything else than attempt to deflect away from the painful truths about Israel…and…
D) For your conterfeit self appointment to tell others what they can or cannot post.
Yes, I am embarrassed for you now.
But I guess that passes for a perverse form of reason with you.
as an excuse of anti-Semitism, apparently always...IMHO, shows your lack of really wanting a dialog.
What you and others here seem to want, IMHO, is nothing less than continual victimhood: while Israel is the real victimizer.
Shame on you.
