Guess Who’s Valedictorian at Israel’s Top Medical School?
July 19, 2013

This year’s valedictorian at the Technion University, known as “the MIT
of Israel,” would likely displease those intent on framing Israel in the
most unflattering of terms, writes Diana Bletter for The Huffington Post.

That’s because the Valedictorian is an Islamic woman named Mais
Ali-Saleh who grew up in a small Arab village outside of Nazareth, in
Israel’s Galilee.

Ali-Selah not only disproves claims made by Boycott, Divestment, and
Sanctions movements, that Israel is an apartheid state and that its
academic institutions should be boycotted, but she put it best when she
said, “An academic boycott of Israel is a passive move, and it doesn’t
achieve any of its purported objectives.”

Ali-Selah’s success almost didn’t happen. After her first class at the
Technion, in Haifa, northern Israel, she was ready to call it quits.
Though she had studied Hebrew from elementary school through high
school, her grasp of the language was tenuous at best, having spoken
mostly Arabic while growing up.

However, she decided to persevere, and is currently doing an
Obstetrics/Gynecology residency at Carmel Hospital in Haifa. She decided
to take on the field, despite its demanding hours, because she knew that
many Arab women are more comfortable going to a female doctor rather
than a male.

On trips to Europe, Ali-Selah said that people she met were surprised to
learn that Israeli Arabs studied engineering and medicine in Israel, and
that they lived among Jews. She points to this lack of awareness as
helping to perpetuate the falsehood—strengthened by BDS and Boycotters
like Roger Waters — that Israel is an apartheid state –which denies a
fundamental truth: Arabs, and in particular Arab women, have more
freedom, liberties and academic opportunities in Israel than in any Arab
country.

Rather than an academic boycott – which negatively impacts researchers
who want to disseminate knowledge rather than restrict it – Ali-Selah
suggests a more active stance: encouraging academic life within the
Palestinian Authority, strengthening academic ties with Palestinian
universities, and planning joint research projects with Palestinian
scientists.

Furthermore, Ali-Selah says that those interested in advancing the cause
of peace in the Middle East should focus their energies on supporting
more of Israel’s success stories like her own, and pressuring Arab
countries to emulate Israel’s academic freedoms and democracy.

http://tinyurl.com/kp84pr7
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Religion: together we can find the cure.

On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 06:56:52 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Guess Who’s Valedictorian at Israel’s Top Medical School?
July 19, 2013

This year’s valedictorian at the Technion University, known as “the MIT
of Israel,” would likely displease those intent on framing Israel in the
most unflattering of terms, writes Diana Bletter for The Huffington Post.

That’s because the Valedictorian is an Islamic woman named Mais
Ali-Saleh who grew up in a small Arab village outside of Nazareth, in
Israel’s Galilee.

Ali-Selah not only disproves claims made by Boycott, Divestment, and
Sanctions movements, that Israel is an apartheid state and that its
academic institutions should be boycotted, but she put it best when she
said, “An academic boycott of Israel is a passive move, and it doesn’t
achieve any of its purported objectives.”

Ali-Selah’s success almost didn’t happen. After her first class at the
Technion, in Haifa, northern Israel, she was ready to call it quits.
Though she had studied Hebrew from elementary school through high
school, her grasp of the language was tenuous at best, having spoken
mostly Arabic while growing up.

However, she decided to persevere, and is currently doing an
Obstetrics/Gynecology residency at Carmel Hospital in Haifa. She decided
to take on the field, despite its demanding hours, because she knew that
many Arab women are more comfortable going to a female doctor rather
than a male.

On trips to Europe, Ali-Selah said that people she met were surprised to
learn that Israeli Arabs studied engineering and medicine in Israel, and
that they lived among Jews. She points to this lack of awareness as
helping to perpetuate the falsehood—strengthened by BDS and Boycotters
like Roger Waters — that Israel is an apartheid state –which denies a
fundamental truth: Arabs, and in particular Arab women, have more
freedom, liberties and academic opportunities in Israel than in any Arab
country.

Rather than an academic boycott – which negatively impacts researchers
who want to disseminate knowledge rather than restrict it – Ali-Selah
suggests a more active stance: encouraging academic life within the
Palestinian Authority, strengthening academic ties with Palestinian
universities, and planning joint research projects with Palestinian
scientists.

Furthermore, Ali-Selah says that those interested in advancing the cause
of peace in the Middle East should focus their energies on supporting
more of Israel’s success stories like her own, and pressuring Arab
countries to emulate Israel’s academic freedoms and democracy.

http://tinyurl.com/kp84pr7

Looks like she's going after a useful degree. More power to her!

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!

On 12/23/13, 9:46 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 06:56:52 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Guess Who’s Valedictorian at Israel’s Top Medical School?
July 19, 2013

This year’s valedictorian at the Technion University, known as “the MIT
of Israel,� would likely displease those intent on framing Israel in the
most unflattering of terms, writes Diana Bletter for The Huffington Post.

That’s because the Valedictorian is an Islamic woman named Mais
Ali-Saleh who grew up in a small Arab village outside of Nazareth, in
Israel’s Galilee.

Ali-Selah not only disproves claims made by Boycott, Divestment, and
Sanctions movements, that Israel is an apartheid state and that its
academic institutions should be boycotted, but she put it best when she
said, “An academic boycott of Israel is a passive move, and it doesn’t
achieve any of its purported objectives.�

Ali-Selah’s success almost didn’t happen. After her first class at the
Technion, in Haifa, northern Israel, she was ready to call it quits.
Though she had studied Hebrew from elementary school through high
school, her grasp of the language was tenuous at best, having spoken
mostly Arabic while growing up.

However, she decided to persevere, and is currently doing an
Obstetrics/Gynecology residency at Carmel Hospital in Haifa. She decided
to take on the field, despite its demanding hours, because she knew that
many Arab women are more comfortable going to a female doctor rather
than a male.

On trips to Europe, Ali-Selah said that people she met were surprised to
learn that Israeli Arabs studied engineering and medicine in Israel, and
that they lived among Jews. She points to this lack of awareness as
helping to perpetuate the falsehood—strengthened by BDS and Boycotters
like Roger Waters — that Israel is an apartheid state –which denies a
fundamental truth: Arabs, and in particular Arab women, have more
freedom, liberties and academic opportunities in Israel than in any Arab
country.

Rather than an academic boycott – which negatively impacts researchers
who want to disseminate knowledge rather than restrict it – Ali-Selah
suggests a more active stance: encouraging academic life within the
Palestinian Authority, strengthening academic ties with Palestinian
universities, and planning joint research projects with Palestinian
scientists.

Furthermore, Ali-Selah says that those interested in advancing the cause
of peace in the Middle East should focus their energies on supporting
more of Israel’s success stories like her own, and pressuring Arab
countries to emulate Israel’s academic freedoms and democracy.

http://tinyurl.com/kp84pr7

So? There are plenty of black GOP members who say there is no racism
in the US. Do you believe guys like Ben Carson?

I have not brought up the BDS movement but it is gaining strength
among academia around the world and now even in the US.



I have no reason not to believe the med school student, and I know from
many sources that the statement "Arabs, and in particular Arab women,
have more freedom, liberties and academic opportunities in Israel than
in any Arab country."

I also believe that you don't give a **** one way or the other about the
self-described Palestinians.

--
Religion: together we can find the cure.

On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:14:12 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I also believe that you don't give a **** one way or the other about the
self-described Palestinians.

===

And I believe that you don't give a **** one way or another about
helping the self described poor.

On Monday, December 23, 2013 9:23:25 AM UTC-6, Wayne. B wrote:
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:14:12 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:



I also believe that you don't give a **** one way or the other about the

self-described Palestinians.



===



And I believe that you don't give a **** one way or another about

helping the self described poor.

Compassion was never one of Krauses strong points.

On 12/23/13, 10:25 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:14:12 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 12/23/13, 9:46 AM, wrote:


I have no reason not to believe the med school student, and I know from
many sources that the statement "Arabs, and in particular Arab women,
have more freedom, liberties and academic opportunities in Israel than
in any Arab country."

If you are a Palestinian, that is not really true for most, whether
they are male or female.
As for Arab women, they had more freedom in the Shah's Iran too but
you think that was horrible in spite of the fact that the "oppressed"
were the muslim fundamentalists.


I also believe that you don't give a **** one way or the other about the
self-described Palestinians.

I am mostly interested in peace and there are plenty of people around
the world who agree with me.




You are mostly interested in the price and availability of oil, and
don't give a damn about "peace," other than its impact on the price and
availability of oil.

--
Religion: together we can find the cure.

"F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 12/23/13, 10:25 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:14:12 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 12/23/13, 9:46 AM, wrote:


I have no reason not to believe the med school student, and I know from
many sources that the statement "Arabs, and in particular Arab women,
have more freedom, liberties and academic opportunities in Israel than
in any Arab country."

If you are a Palestinian, that is not really true for most, whether
they are male or female.
As for Arab women, they had more freedom in the Shah's Iran too but
you think that was horrible in spite of the fact that the "oppressed"
were the muslim fundamentalists.


I also believe that you don't give a **** one way or the other about the
self-described Palestinians.

I am mostly interested in peace and there are plenty of people around
the world who agree with me.




You are mostly interested in the price and availability of oil, and don't
give a damn about "peace," other than its impact on the price and availability of oil.


How much $$$ do the poor give to charity?

On 12/23/13, 10:54 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:36:00 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 12/23/13, 10:25 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:14:12 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 12/23/13, 9:46 AM, wrote:


I have no reason not to believe the med school student, and I know from
many sources that the statement "Arabs, and in particular Arab women,
have more freedom, liberties and academic opportunities in Israel than
in any Arab country."

If you are a Palestinian, that is not really true for most, whether
they are male or female.
As for Arab women, they had more freedom in the Shah's Iran too but
you think that was horrible in spite of the fact that the "oppressed"
were the muslim fundamentalists.


I also believe that you don't give a **** one way or the other about the
self-described Palestinians.

I am mostly interested in peace and there are plenty of people around
the world who agree with me.




You are mostly interested in the price and availability of oil, and
don't give a damn about "peace," other than its impact on the price and
availability of oil.

Ah the old "It's all about oil" dodge.
Are you really stupid are you just quoting old lines you heard 20
years ago?
We do not get any significant amounts of oil from the middle east.

Personally it really does not really matter that much to me either
way. I don't buy that much gasoline and my electricity comes from
natural gas. I am invested with T Boone who wants to get our OTR
trucks on CNG too.


Not at all. Many times here you have indicated the only thing that
really matters to you is "profit," or money-making. I'm sure that is
behind your support of the Palestinian desire to push the Israelis into
the Mediterranean, because you figure that with the "Jewish state" gone,
tensions in the Middle East will ease, and that will profit your
portfolio, if not fill your gas tank.

I'm more cynical. I figure if the Muslims no longer have the Israeli
Jews to kill, they'll concentrate on what they do best...killing each
other.

--
Religion: together we can find the cure.

On 12/23/13, 11:11 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:02:51 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 12/23/13, 10:54 AM, wrote:

You are mostly interested in the price and availability of oil, and
don't give a damn about "peace," other than its impact on the price and
availability of oil.

Ah the old "It's all about oil" dodge.
Are you really stupid are you just quoting old lines you heard 20
years ago?
We do not get any significant amounts of oil from the middle east.

Personally it really does not really matter that much to me either
way. I don't buy that much gasoline and my electricity comes from
natural gas. I am invested with T Boone who wants to get our OTR
trucks on CNG too.


Not at all. Many times here you have indicated the only thing that
really matters to you is "profit," or money-making. I'm sure that is
behind your support of the Palestinian desire to push the Israelis into
the Mediterranean, because you figure that with the "Jewish state" gone,
tensions in the Middle East will ease, and that will profit your
portfolio, if not fill your gas tank.

We all care about the continued success of the economic systems of the
world. Nothing threatens peace more than economic collapse.


I'm more cynical. I figure if the Muslims no longer have the Israeli
Jews to kill, they'll concentrate on what they do best...killing each
other.

There is a rare bit of wisdom from you.
If it is just muslims killing other muslims, it is like Africans
killing each other or Asians killing each other. Nobody really cares,
especially American liberals.


You're confusing my cynicism with your lack of caring. I think most
Muslims, like most Africans and most Asians, are peaceable peoples, and
I am sorry for the horrors they face. I won't regret the ones who aren't
peaceable, however, taking each other out, just as I wouldn't regret our
country's tea baggers, secessionists, birchers, et cetera, ****ing each
other off and taking each other out.

--
Religion: together we can find the cure.

On 12/23/2013 11:49 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 12/23/13, 11:11 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:02:51 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 12/23/13, 10:54 AM, wrote:

You are mostly interested in the price and availability of oil, and
don't give a damn about "peace," other than its impact on the price
and
availability of oil.

Ah the old "It's all about oil" dodge.
Are you really stupid are you just quoting old lines you heard 20
years ago?
We do not get any significant amounts of oil from the middle east.

Personally it really does not really matter that much to me either
way. I don't buy that much gasoline and my electricity comes from
natural gas. I am invested with T Boone who wants to get our OTR
trucks on CNG too.


Not at all. Many times here you have indicated the only thing that
really matters to you is "profit," or money-making. I'm sure that is
behind your support of the Palestinian desire to push the Israelis into
the Mediterranean, because you figure that with the "Jewish state" gone,
tensions in the Middle East will ease, and that will profit your
portfolio, if not fill your gas tank.

We all care about the continued success of the economic systems of the
world. Nothing threatens peace more than economic collapse.


I'm more cynical. I figure if the Muslims no longer have the Israeli
Jews to kill, they'll concentrate on what they do best...killing each
other.

There is a rare bit of wisdom from you.
If it is just muslims killing other muslims, it is like Africans
killing each other or Asians killing each other. Nobody really cares,
especially American liberals.


You're confusing my cynicism with your lack of caring. I think most
Muslims, like most Africans and most Asians, are peaceable peoples, and
I am sorry for the horrors they face. I won't regret the ones who aren't
peaceable, however, taking each other out, just as I wouldn't regret our
country's tea baggers, secessionists, birchers, et cetera, ****ing each
other off and taking each other out.

A regular prince of peace. I salute you.

--
Americans deserve better.