Petition to President Richard Brodhead to deny use of the Duke University Campus to Supporters of Terrorism
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As concerned citizens, we urge you to deny the use of meeting space on the Duke University campus to the National Conference of the Palestine Solidarity Movement, a group that supports violence and suicide bombing.
Palestine Solidarity Movement, the American, student arm of the International Solidarity Movement, has announced its intention to hold its National Conference at Duke University on October 15, 16, and 17, 2004.
The avowed goal of the Solidarity Movement is the destruction of the State of Israel "by any means necessary." The means approved by this Movement include the suicide bombing of civilian targets. Suicide bombing is described by Movement leaders as a noble form of jihad.
Recruiting American students to die while working to destroy Israel is a tactic Movement strategists find useful. On July 14, the Director of the Solidarity Movement, George Rishmawi, explained to the San Francisco Chronicle that , "if some of these foreign volunteers get shot or even killed, then the international media will sit up and take notice."
When the Palestine Solidarity Movement held its National Conference at the University of Michigan in October, 2002, delegates chanted "Kill the Jews."
Last year, the Solidarity Movement scheduled its National Conference for Rutgers. University President Richard McCormick took a careful look at the goals and methods of this movement, which sends volunteers to Israel where they work in coordination with Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and, in the words of the New Jersey Star Ledger (Sept. 13, 2003) kicked the meeting off campus.
The Conference was held at the Ramada Inn, freedom of speech was upheld, and Rutgers did not lend its name and prestige to a Movement that condones terrorism as an appropriate method for resolving political conflicts.
We urge you to deny this violent, terrorism-supporting group the prestige of meeting space on the campus of Duke University.
Palestine Solidarity Movement, the American, student arm of the International Solidarity Movement, has announced its intention to hold its National Conference at Duke University on October 15, 16, and 17, 2004.
The avowed goal of the Solidarity Movement is the destruction of the State of Israel "by any means necessary." The means approved by this Movement include the suicide bombing of civilian targets. Suicide bombing is described by Movement leaders as a noble form of jihad.
Recruiting American students to die while working to destroy Israel is a tactic Movement strategists find useful. On July 14, the Director of the Solidarity Movement, George Rishmawi, explained to the San Francisco Chronicle that , "if some of these foreign volunteers get shot or even killed, then the international media will sit up and take notice."
When the Palestine Solidarity Movement held its National Conference at the University of Michigan in October, 2002, delegates chanted "Kill the Jews."
Last year, the Solidarity Movement scheduled its National Conference for Rutgers. University President Richard McCormick took a careful look at the goals and methods of this movement, which sends volunteers to Israel where they work in coordination with Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and, in the words of the New Jersey Star Ledger (Sept. 13, 2003) kicked the meeting off campus.
The Conference was held at the Ramada Inn, freedom of speech was upheld, and Rutgers did not lend its name and prestige to a Movement that condones terrorism as an appropriate method for resolving political conflicts.
We urge you to deny this violent, terrorism-supporting group the prestige of meeting space on the campus of Duke University.
94266 Signatures
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George J
- city, state
- Fort Myers, Florida
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- Deny this group from dragging the good name of Duke University into the gutter. Spreading hatred should not be allowed on your campus.
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Betty Jo H
- city, state
- Pittsburgh
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Don R
- city, state
- oxford,al
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- ISM= DEATH TO INNOCENTS
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David S
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Andrew W
- city, state
- San Diego
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- Cannot support terror under any circumstances
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Andrew K
- city, state
- Boston, MA
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marion d s d
- city, state
- Zhejiang, China
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- It is intolerable and implausible to see a university such as Duke hosting a bigotry on bigorty conference for a pro-terror organization. ISM aims for the sdestruction of innocent women and men and children in Israel. their credentials are bogus, their mandate is a lie, and they are willing dupes of the venal and toxic.
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Rebecca H
- city, state
- Waynesville, Ohio
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- I am very, very concerned about the growth of these hate groups on American campuses. Please do not allow them access to our young people.
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Geoffrey T
- city, state
- Cambridge, MA
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Gerorge E. W
- city, state
- Ithaca, N.Y.
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Nanci A
- city, state
- Los Angeles, CA
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David R
- city, state
- New York, new York
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Dru H
- city, state
- San Diego, Ca.
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David S. S
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David M. S
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nona f
- city, state
- los angeles, ca
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Darren W
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- Terrorism supporters who call themselves "anti-war/Pro-peace groups" are still terrorism supporters.
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Gilda K
- city, state
- Dallas, TX
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Dr. LeRoy G
- city, state
- Sugarloaf, California
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- Stop the Conspiracy
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Jean L. P
- city, state
- Baltimore, MD
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Ruth K
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Gisele B
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Dwayne W
- city, state
- costa mesa, ca
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- Don't promote groups that espouse terror and the killing of innocents
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Debra Waitman Weiss '
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Fernando de Juan S
- city, state
- Madrid, Spain
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Emma Lou G
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- I can in no way condone violence or the planning of it.
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Gary L
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- As a Duke Alum, I find even considering this a horrible use of university time and resources
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Greg L
- city, state
- Minneapolis, MN
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- Nazi supporters-out of DU
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elizabeth d
- city, state
- haifa, israel
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Eric K
- city, state
- Philadelphia, PA
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Eric A
- city, state
- Annandale, VA
- comments
- Trinity, '96
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Eli B
- city, state
- PA
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Eric B
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Emuna B
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Vladimir G
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- I urge the President to take note of this issue, and deny these terrorist supporters a chance to spew their venom.
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Faye G
- city, state
- New York
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E. L
- city, state
- Texas
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Edith M
- city, state
- Elkins Park, PA
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Gordon A
- city, state
- Falls Church, VA
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- Class of 1986
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Mike F
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- This is not a matter of free speech. This is supporting terrorist violence and murder.
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Ruth G
- city, state
- Baltimore, MD
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- do not promote incitement to terror on your campus
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George H
- city, state
- Charlotte, N.C.
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Earl P
- city, state
- League City, TX
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Jeffrey S. M
- city, state
- Denver, Colorado
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Ilya B
- city, state
- Mayfield Ohio
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Joshua E
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John G
- city, state
- San Francisco, CA
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- Advocates of murder should not be given a forum in the name of "free speech"
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Jonathan G
- city, state
- Portland, OR
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Aron M
- city, state
- Seattle, WA
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- Anti-zionism is anti-Semitism.
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Gregory M
- city, state
- Sunnyvale, CA
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- Please don't let Duke become a staging ground for hate language and thinly veiled incitement to violence.
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