Ayers, Long-Time Obama Associate, Calls for Boycott of Israel
by Aaron Klein Weatherman terrorist Bill Ayers, a close associate for years of President Obama, is one of 431 academics to sign a petition calling for divestment, boycott and sanctions against Israel. "As educators and scholars of conscience in the United States, we fully support this call," reads the online petition by an organization calling itself the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel . "We urge our colleagues, nationally, regionally, and internationally, to stand up against Israel's ongoing scholasticide and to support the non-violent call for academic boycott, disinvestment, and sanctions," states the petition. The petition claims Israel persistently violates international law and carries out "illegal" discriminatory policies comparable to apartheid in South Africa. The text fails to note that about 20 percent of Israel's population consists of Arabs who have democratic rights as citizens, including full representat...