Australian Embassy<\/b>
\n4, rue Jean Rey<\/b>
\n75015 Paris <\/b><\/p>\n
Paris, 27 November 2013<\/p>\n
Attention of His Excellency, the Australian Ambassador<\/p>\n
Dear Ambassador,<\/p>\n
We, French teachers, academics, researchers and intellectuals, wish to inform you of our support for Prof. Jake Lynch (of Sydney University), who has been subjected to legal proceedings by Israel, for refusing to collaborate with the Israeli occupier.<\/p>\n
The lack of sanctions against Israel at government level to enforce international law and stop the Israeli occupation and colonisation, leads responsible citizens of every country to support the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) campaign, demanded by the Palestinian civil society.<\/p>\n
Any self-respecting intellectual has even more moral duties in this domain, inasmuch as she\/he has the potential for knowledge and reflection, allowing her\/him to act for the defence of Human Rights and against barbarism.<\/p>\n
We are pleased that no Australian organisation or institution joined in these slanderous attacks launched by Israel against Prof. Jake Lynch, Director of Sydney University\u2019s Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS).<\/p>\n
Incidentally, these attacks deny the freedom of expression and opinion to an academic all the more respected because he has been acting as did before him the men and women who made possible the abolition of segregation in the United States, during the African American struggle for black civil rights, and in South Africa during Apartheid.<\/p>\n
Reminder\u00a0: In 2009, Professor Lynch wrote to the Australian university authorities, asking them to stop collaborating with the Technion University of Haifa and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, because of the systematic oppression of the Palestinian people, against which these universities have never protested, despite the fact that the Palestinian academics are the direct victims.<\/p>\n
In 2012, Professor Lynch refused the permission to use his name on an application under the Sir Zelman Cowan fellowship program. He refused to sponsor Professor Don Avon of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem which is heavily involved in occupation and colonisation.<\/p>\n
For example, this university did not hesitate to extend its campus on Mount Scopius, by stealing Palestinian lands. Furthermore, it supported the students who took part in the massacre of the Gaza population during the 2008-2009 \u201cCast Lead\u201d operation. It is also involved with the Army Command College and collaborates widely with Israeli arms industries.<\/p>\n
It is therefore clear that Prof. Jake Lynch who is perfectly entitled to choose whom he should sponsor, is not guilty of any \u201cdiscrimination\u201d (one must cease to reverse roles), and that the complaint lodged by the Israeli law firm Shurat HaDin at the Australian Federal Tribunal, is simply an attempt at intimidation. It is to be noted that Prof. Dan Avnon is not a complainant in this case\u00a0!<\/p>\n
Jake Lynch has already received the support of nearly 2,000 intellectuals and academics throughout the world.<\/p>\n
As French intellectuals, teachers and researchers, we too were anxious to tell you about our support and our respect for Prof. Jake Lynch.<\/p>\n
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FIRST SIGNATORIES:<\/b><\/p>\n
Anne ABBES, Professeur en classes pr\u00e9paratoires aux grandes \u00e9coles<\/p>\n
Mohamed ABBES, ing\u00e9nieur CBRS retrait\u00e9<\/p>\n
Marie-Christine ABOUPHELE, Anthropologue<\/p>\n
Simone AL BAYATI, directrice du CIO (Centre d\u2019Information et d\u2019Orientation)<\/p>\n
Emmanuelle ANGRAND FAURE, M\u00e9decin<\/p>\n
Margot ARNAUD, Journaliste.<\/p>\n
Abdellah AZIZI, Enseignant<\/p>\n
Jean-Louis BALLAIS, Professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Aix-Marseille<\/p>\n
Paul BALTA, Ecrivain<\/p>\n
Marguerite BALLEVRE, Biblioth\u00e9caire<\/p>\n
Cesira BATINI, MD, PhD, Universit\u00e9 Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS<\/p>\n
Mimoun BENAMAR, Cadre param\u00e9dical<\/p>\n
Rudolf BKOUCHE, Professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite, universit\u00e9 de Lille 1<\/p>\n
Isabelle BLOCH, Professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite, Universit\u00e9 Bordeaux IV<\/p>\n
Alima BOUMEDIENE-THIERY, Avocate, ex-s\u00e9natrice<\/p>\n
Jacques-Marie BOURGET, Journaliste<\/p>\n
Jean-Pierre BOUTONNET, Chercheur INRA honoraire<\/p>\n
Livia E. BOVE, Charg\u00e9e de Recherche 1re classe. CNRS Universit\u00e9 P.& M.\u00a0Curie<\/p>\n
Barbara BRUNER, Charg\u00e9e de Recherche au CNRS, retrait\u00e9e<\/p>\n
Jan BRUNER, Professeur d\u2019Universit\u00e9, retrait\u00e9<\/p>\n
Alice BSERENI, Universitaire retrait\u00e9e<\/p>\n
Philippe CHEMALY, M\u00e9decin<\/p>\n
Christine CHEVALIER, Conseill\u00e8re municipale, enseignante retrait\u00e9e<\/p>\n
Acacia CONDES, Agr\u00e9g\u00e9e de l\u2019universit\u00e9 – Paris 4 Sorbonne<\/p>\n
Pierre COURS-SALIES, Professeur universit\u00e9 Paris 8<\/p>\n
Jean-Jacques DELAVAUX, Enseignant-chercheur ISTOM<\/p>\n
Ren\u00e9 de MAXIMY, Directeur de recherche honoraire, IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le D\u00e9veloppement).<\/p>\n
Marie-Christine de MAXIMY, GEPALM (Groupe d\u2019\u00c9tudes des Pathologies d\u2019Apprentissage Logico-Math\u00e9matique)<\/p>\n
Mich\u00e8le DAYRAS, Ex-M\u00e9decin chef en radiologie<\/p>\n
Martine DEJEAN, Pharmacienne<\/p>\n
Christine DELPHY, Sociologue CNRS<\/p>\n
Christophe DENANTES, M\u00e9decin Anesth\u00e9siste<\/p>\n
Sylvie DEPLUS-PONSIN, Professeur d\u2019ophtalmologie<\/p>\n
Alain DUPHIL, Ing\u00e9nieur agronome<\/p>\n
Ivar EKELAND, Ancien Pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Paris-Dauphine – Pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019AURDIP<\/p>\n
Nabil, ENNASRI, Doctorant\u2013\u00e9crivain<\/p>\n
Georges FEDERMANN, Psychiatre<\/p>\n
J\u00e9r\u00f4me FAYNEL, Responsable logement social<\/p>\n
Michel FLAMENT, Consultant en relations internationales<\/p>\n
Claire GAILLARD, Chercheur CNRS<\/p>\n
Monseigneur Jacques GAILLOT, Ev\u00eaque de Partenia<\/p>\n
Jean-Luc GAUTERO, Universit\u00e9 de Nice-Sophia Antipolis<\/p>\n
Aline GRISARD, Psychologue<\/p>\n
Yves GUERMOND, Professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite Universit\u00e9 de Rouen<\/p>\n
Isabelle GUILLAUMIN, Enseignante-Responsable de la vie \u00e9tudiante ISTOM<\/p>\n
Hubert GUILLON, Professeur honoraire, directeur de la publication \u00ab\u00a0le Citoyen\u00a0\u00bb, president du Cercle Condorcet.<\/p>\n
Luisa HIRSCHBEIN, Docteur \u00e8s Sciences, Directeur de Recherche honoraire, CNRS<\/p>\n
Rachid ID YASSINE, Sociologue, anthropologue<\/p>\n
Marumi KADO, Directeur de Recherche au CNRS<\/p>\n
Fran\u00e7ois KONIECZNY, Animateur territorial.<\/p>\n
Claude LABADIE, retrait\u00e9 cadre sup\u00e9rieur<\/p>\n
Jacqueline LE CORRE, M\u00e9decin<\/p>\n
Marko LOPARIC, Chercheur- math\u00e9maticien<\/p>\n
Roger MARTELLI, Historien<\/p>\n
Roland MELO, Contr\u00f4leur a\u00e9rien, pilote d\u2019avion, m\u00e9daill\u00e9 de l\u2019A\u00e9ronautique<\/p>\n
Paul MONMAUR, Universitaire, retrait\u00e9<\/p>\n
Fran\u00e7ois NICOLAS, compositeur, chercheur Ens-Ulm<\/p>\n
Dominique NOLY, ing\u00e9nieur EDF retrait\u00e9<\/p>\n
Christophe OBERLIN, Professeur de chirurgie<\/p>\n
Josiane OLFF-NATHAN, IRIST, Universit\u00e9 de Strasbourg<\/p>\n
Bernard PESANT, Artiste<\/p>\n
Christian PETITJEAN, Professeur agr\u00e9g\u00e9<\/p>\n
Roland PFEFFERKORN, Professeur de sociologie Universit\u00e9 de Strasbourg<\/p>\n
Ghislain POISSONIER, Magistrat<\/p>\n
Fran\u00e7ois Ren\u00e9 QUERCI, Astrophysicien \u00e9m\u00e9rite observatoire Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es.<\/p>\n
Xavier RENOU, Directeur de la collection D\u00e9sobeir du Passager clandestin<\/p>\n
Roger SALAMON, Professeur d\u2019\u00e9pid\u00e9miologie, Bordeaux<\/p>\n
Josselyne SALA\u00dcN, Directeur de Recherche (CNRS)<\/p>\n
Mohamed SALEM, M\u00e9decin hospitalier<\/p>\n
Martine SEVEGRAND, Historienne CNRS<\/p>\n
Nicolas SHAHSHAHANI, Journaliste retrait\u00e9<\/p>\n
Jacque STINNAKRE, Directeur de recherche au CNRS<\/p>\n
Fran\u00e7ois STRAUSS, Directeur de recherches au CNRS<\/p>\n
Jean-Paul SUBLON, Ecrivain, Strasbourg<\/p>\n
Dani\u00e8le TOUATI, Directeur de recherches au CNRS<\/p>\n
Jeanne VACHER-MANUELLAN, Enseignante<\/p>\n
C\u00e9cile WINTER, M\u00e9decin hospitalier<\/p>\n
Olivia ZEMOR, journaliste retrait\u00e9e<\/p>\n
Catherine ZILLER, chercheur CNRS<\/p>\n
Claude ZURBACH, Ing\u00e9nieur de recherche<\/p>\n
You can still sign the petition launched by Australian for BDS\u00a0: http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/def…<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n CAPJPO-EuroPalestine<\/i><\/p>\n ______________________________<\/i><\/p>\n Jake Lynch is Associate Professor of Peace Journalism and Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment<\/a>, and the chief advisor for TRANSCEND Media Service-TMS<\/a>. He is the co-author, with Annabel McGoldrick, of <\/em><\/i>Peace Journalism (Hawthorn Press, 2005), and his new book, <\/em>Debates in Peace Journalism, has just been published by Sydney University Press and TUP \u2013 TRANSCEND University Press<\/a>. He also co-authored with Johan Galtung and Annabel McGoldrick \u2018<\/em>Reporting Conflict-An Introduction to Peace Journalism.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n