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This newest outrage doesnít surprise me in the least. The view that the Palestinians are the victims of Israeli occupation is now mainstream liberal dogma. It is also the unofficial position of those who possess the veto power over the Democratic Partyís presidential nominee selection. The radical left has captured many, if not most, of the soft science departments of our major universities. More often than not, only an intellectual slut can obtain a Ph.D. and a tenured position. This is what Iíve been saying for a long time: consider anyone possessing a Ph.D., outside of the hard sciences, to be an idiot until proven otherwise.

Re: the Shoebat lecture, apparently it’s scheduled for Dec. 8th in Princeton NJ at the Radisson Hotel, 4355 Us Highway 1, 6:00 PM. However, the hotel couldn’t verify when I called so I emailed the Shoebat Foundation and am waiting for an answer.

The IRIS blog is on fire today. In addition to finding evidence that the Columbia Middle East Director was lying about not being a PLO spokesman, he also discovered he plagiarized an entire essay:

http://www.iris.org.il/blog/archives/722-Princeton-Censors-Ex-PLO-Speakers;-Likely-to-Hire-PLO-Professor.html

Actually, the comment made by this guy Khalidy, as noted in the link, makes him sound entirely reasonable and prescient, especially for someone in 1978:

“If the Israelis had any brains they could neutralize Palestinian irredentism just by giving back the West Bank,” asserted Rashid Khalidy, an American-educated Palestinian who teaches political science at the American University of Beirut and also works for the P.L.O. “It would split us.”

Maybe he’s not so far apart after all from the man who compared Tnuat Haherut (the precurser to Likud) and its leader Menachem Begin to the Nazis: http://globalwebpost.com/farooqm/study_res/einstein/nyt_letter.html

By the way, this “iris” blog is a real gas, love it when he excoriates the limp-wristed Princeton Jewish organizations for not endorsing Meir Kahane when he gave a “pro-Israel and pro-Judaism speech” at Princeton. [Read "update 2" at Roger's link]

“If the Israelis had any brains they could neutralize Palestinian irredentism just by giving back the West Bank,”

What’s so radical about this statement from Khalidi? Giving back the West Bank would have divided the accomodationists from the rejectionists. I understand the rejectionists would continue the terrorism but the statement is not untrue.

” … Princeton is about to hire a professor with a pututative PLO past.”

Well given this article:

“The PA’s New Terror Law”

http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20445

“The very same day that an Islamic Jihad suicide bomber killed at least five Israelis and wounded more than 40 innocent people in a Netanya shopping mall, the Palestinian daily, al Hayat al Jadida (page 3), reported that Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, signed a new law to support the families of suicide bombers. …. ”

it seems to be in keeping with Bush and Rice consistently giving Abbas a pass on his Roadmap obligations, apart from the $400 odd millions in pocket money they have given him since May of this year.

Princeton likewise is spending American tax dollars “wisely” in denying anti-terrorists a stage. They are only following the Administration.

Princeton likewise is spending American tax dollars

I wouldn’t know if there are any tax dollars involved. Princeton is a private university with an endowment of over $10billion.

Unfortunately, this alumnus is in Japan, flying back today (which, of course, is tomorrow to you). I would observe, though, that it was an unnamed member of the History Department who famously said of Michael Scott Doran, now of the National Security Council, that “we don’t want him here.” Now we know who they were hoping to replace him with. (Doran was in the Near Eastern Studies Department, as this guy should be.)