RE: “SAIA protest unsuccessful,” Nov. 10-16, 2011
Based on her comments in last week’s issue of the Charlatan, one could conclude that president Roseann Runte is unaware of the Jewish National Fund (JNF)’s policy of ethnic discrimination, and its complicity in Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and commission of war crimes against them.
However, Faculty for Palestine (Ottawa), of which I am a member, and 11 other groups wrote to president Runte and explained in detail the JNF’s policies and projects, while another 137 individuals endorsed and forwarded the letter to her.
President Runte fully knows what the JNF is all about.
While as a private individual, president Runte is entitled to support whatever organization she likes, no matter how odious, she has dragged us into the swamp with her by offering up Carleton as a “proud supporter” of the JNF.
None who care about human dignity, justice and Carleton’s credibility should remain silent as the president aligns our university with so unsavoury an organization.
—Bill Skidmore,
human rights professor