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Harvard Legal Expert Vows to Sue UK Lecturers Boycotting Israel


[Financial Times-UK] Jon Boone - Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard law professor renowned for his staunch defense of Israel and high-profile legal victories, has threatened to wage a legal war against British academics who seek to cut links with Israeli universities. He told the Times Higher Educational Supplement he would use a U.S. law - banning discrimination on the basis of nationality - against UK universities with research ties to U.S. colleges. "I will obtain legislation dealing with this issue, imposing sanctions that will devastate and bankrupt those who seek to impose bankruptcy on Israeli academics," he said.
2007-06-04 01:00:00
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