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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_urchin who wrote (14117)	1/20/2007 2:19:10 PM
From: Crimson Ghost	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

MUZZLETOV MUZZLE WATCH - Joel Beinin is a tenured Middle East history professor who is on leave from Stanford while he serves as the head of Middle East Studies at the American University in Cairo. Beinin, who used to be the president of the Middle East Studies Association and is an outspoken critic of Israeli policies, was unceremoniously dumped as a speaker at an event at San Jose's elite Harker School, apparently due to pressure from a group of parents and an outside advocacy organization. Beinin writes: "I suppose I should feel like I am very powerful if people are so convinced that I have to be prevented from speaking. But really, it just adds to my shame that this is what American Jewish identity has come to." Last time this happened to Beinin was when the admirably "bipartisan" Israel Action Committee of Marin's Rodef Shalom decided to invite Beinin to talk about his area of expertise, Egyptian Jews. When the board of Rodef Shalom found out, they went over the heads of the committee and revoked the invitation, causing the longtime committee organizer Roy Mash to quit in disgust. muzzlewatch.org