This Thursday: Tal Becker Speaks for LSESU Israel Society

 

 

LSESU Israel Society hosts Dr Tal Becker:

Dr. Tal Becker is a fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, an International Associate at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a member of the Hartman Institute's Engaging Israel Project.

From 2006-2009 he served as... senior policy advisor to Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs and was a lead negotiator in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations during the Annapolis peace process.

He has represented Israel in a wide variety of bilateral and multilateral negotiations, and served as director of the International Law Department at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, as counsel to Israel's UN Mission in New York, and as an international law expert in the Military Advocate General's Corps of the Israel Defense Forces.

Dr. Becker holds a doctorate from Columbia University, lectures widely throughout Israel and overseas, and is the recipient of numerous scholarly awards.

His book, Terrorism and the State: Rethinking the Rules of State Responsibility, is the recipient of the 2007 Guggenheim Prize for Best International Law Book. He is co-author of a forthcoming textbook on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

LSE, Old Building, 3.28

18:00

The Israeli Institute of Technology comes to The LSE

LSESU Israel Society are delighted to host Professor Boaz Golany, the Vice President for External Relations and Resource Development and the incumbent of the Samuel Gorney Chair in Engineering at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. This is a unique chance to hear about the Technion and Israeli Technology. In light of recent SU meetings, we invite all students to come and listen and discuss. Register for tickets here: https://www2.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/internal/20120227_InternalEvent.aspx LSE students and staff can request one ticket via the online ticket request form which will be live on this listing from shortly after 10pm on Tuesday 21 February till at least 12noon on Wednesday 22 February. Professor Boaz Golany is the Vice President for External Relations and Resource Development and the incumbent of the Samuel Gorney Chair in Engineering at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Since 1986, he has been a faculty member at the William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, serving as Associate Dean for Teaching (1994-1999) and as Dean (2006-2011). He holds a BSc (Summa Cum Laude) in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion (1982), and a PhD from the School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin (1985). Professor Golany has served as an Area Editor and member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Productivity Analysis, IIE Transactions, Omega, and Operations Research. Professor Golany has published over 80 papers in refereed journals and over 15 book chapters. His publications are in the areas of Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, and Management Science. In recent years he has also addressed issues of homeland security and counterterrorism. He has supervised over 40 graduate students, some of whom now serve as faculty in Israeli universities and colleges. Professor Golany has served as a consultant to numerous companies and agencies in Israel and the USA. These include government agencies, energy companies, and companies in the financial sector, manufacturing, services, and information technologies.

LSESU Israel Society Statement on "Apartheid" Week events.

LSESU Israel Society Statement
20th February 2012

LSESU Israel Society condemns all violence that was seen today. Jewish students were attacked by Palestine Society protestors in response to water balloons thrown at their mock "wall".

This “wall” was erected on Houghton Street during an 'Israel Apartheid Week' demonstration, which was the LSESU Palestine Society’s interpretation of an Israeli checkpoint. The situation was intimidating for Jewish students as they held oversized guns, called Jewish students 'Israelis' as they walked through and the protests further angered students who have been directly affected by the conflict.

As a counter protest, some Jewish students threw water balloons at the wall. They did not intend for these to hit any students and apologise on their own behalf if they did.


The students who threw water balloons were not part of an official LSESU Israel Society protest Their actions were not sanctioned by the society. 


In response to this, Jewish students were rushed at and attacked by Palestine Society demonstrators, leaving one Jewish student injured. 

Provocative acts instigated by the Palestine Society today only serve to fuel tensions on campus. Dragging women kicking and screaming along the floor, as the Palestine Society simulated, is not an accurate description of reality; rather it is a disgusting simplification of a complex situation for both sides.

Events such as these only leave Jewish and Israeli students feeling targeted and intimidated on campus. Campus should be a safe space for all students and thus no physical force of any kind should not be tolerated.

The LSESU Israel Society is hosting three events this week, we encourage students to come and engage in constructive dialogue instead of symbolic gesturing that harms students' welfare.

We also call on the School and the LSESU to restore calm to campus and encourage dialogue. We look forward to a full apology for the provocative nature of today's event and the physical actions which followed from certain members of the Palestine society.