Woyimira milandu, wolemba komanso womenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe Michael Ratner adalemba kalata yotseguka kwa Purezidenti wa University of Brandeis Fred Lawrence kuti afotokoze chisankho chake chosiya gulu la International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life pasukuluyi. Ndi purezidenti yemwe watuluka paudindo wa Center for Constitutional Rights komanso wodziwika bwino kuyimira akaidi omwe ali ku Guantanamo Bay pamaso pa Khothi Lalikulu ku US. Monga Myuda wa ku America, ndi wothandizira wotsimikiza za ufulu wa Palestine. Apa, tikusindikizanso kalata ya Ratner.
Wokondedwa Purezidenti Lawrence:
Ndi kalatayi, ndikusiya ntchito ku bungwe la alangizi la International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life ku Brandeis. Ngakhale ndikuyamikira kuti munali okonzeka kundisankhanso kwa nthawi ina, sindikuwona kuti ntchito yanga pa bungweli ikugwirizana ndi kuyimitsidwa kwanu kwa Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, pulezidenti wa yunivesite ya Al-Quds, ku bungwe limenelo. Kuphatikiza apo, chifukwa cha kuyimitsidwa kwanu kwa Dr. Nusseibeh komanso ubale wa Brandeis ndi Al-Quds, sindiperekanso zopereka ku Brandeis. Zifukwa zanga, zomwe ndikuwonetsa poyera, zafotokozedwa pansipa.
Pa Novembara 18, 2013, motsogozedwa ndi inu, Brandeis adayimitsa mgwirizano wake wanthawi yayitali (kuyambira 2003) ndi Al-Quds, yunivesite yaku Palestine yomwe ili ku Jerusalem, Palestine. Nthawi yomweyo, mudayimitsa pulezidenti wa Al-Quds, Sari Nusseibeh, kuchokera ku bungwe la advisory la Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life ku Brandeis, bungwe lomwe ndimagwiranso ntchito.
Sindimagwirizana kwambiri ndi zonse ziwirizi. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mwawononga kwambiri kusinthana kofunikira komwe kumapereka chiyembekezo chomvetsetsa bwino pakati pamagulu a Brandeis ndi Al-Quds. Chifukwa cha zomwe mwachita mwachangu, mwaipitsanso mbiri ya Purezidenti Nusseibeh, katswiri wodziwika bwino yemwe wathera moyo wake akugwira ntchito yothetsa mtendere pakati pa Palestine ndi Israeli.
Ngakhale kuti ndikumva kuti chisankho chanu chimafuna kuti ndichite izi, ndimachita izi monyinyirika, chifukwa cha ubale wanga wautali ndi Brandeis. Monga mukudziwira, ndinali wophunzira wa Brandeis kuchokera ku 1960s ndipo ndinapezekapo panthawi ya kayendetsedwe ka ufulu wa anthu komanso chiyambi cha zionetsero za nkhondo ya Vietnam. Sukuluyo inayamba kunditsegula maso kuti ndiyambe ndale za ufulu ndi zopita patsogolo. Anali malo okambitsirana kwambiri komanso kukangana ndi mapulofesa monga Herbert Marcuse komanso olankhula monga Malcolm X, Allen Ginsberg ndi Paul Goodman.
Monga ndidanenera pomwe Brandeis adandipatsa Mphotho ya 2006 Alumni Achievement, "Zaka zimenezo zidasintha moyo wanga. Zikuwonekeratu kuti Brandeis ndipamene ndinakhala wogwirizira. Mu 2006, ndinasankhidwa kukhala advisory board of Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, yomwe ikukhudzidwa ndi ubale wa Al-Quds.
Kumvetsetsa kwanga zakumbuyo kwa zomwe mwachita ndikudziwitsidwa ndi lipoti lomwe mudapempha ndikuperekedwa ndi akatswiri atatu a Brandeis omwe adayendera Al-Quds patangotha masiku ochepa pambuyo pa msonkhano wa Novembara 5, 2013, womwe udayambitsa zochitika zambiri zomwe zidapangitsa kuyimitsidwa. za ubale ndi Al-Quds ndi Purezidenti Nusseibeh kuchokera ku board.Ndikuwona kuti mudayimitsa Purezidenti Nusseibeh musanalandire lipotilo.
Poyankha zimene ochita zionetserowo anachita pamsonkhanowo, Pulezidenti Nusseibeh anapereka chikalata cholimbikitsa ophunzira ndi anthu ena kuti azichita zinthu zolimbikitsa kulemekezana, kukhalirana mwamtendere komanso kusinthana maganizo. Inu, komabe, mukunena kuti zomwe Purezidenti Nusseibeh ananena zinali "zosavomerezeka komanso zokwiyitsa." Zotsatira za lipoti lomwe latchulidwa pamwambapa ndi zosemphana ndi zomwe ananenazi komanso zifukwa zanu zochitira zomwe mudachita. Ngakhale lipotilo lidapeza kuti msonkhano wa Novembara 5, womwe sunavomerezedwe ndi Al-Quds, unaphwanya malangizo amisonkhano yotere, idatsimikizanso kuti "akuluakulu aku yunivesite adayankha mwachangu komanso moyenera polumikizana ndi madera amkati ndi akunja omwe msonkhanowo unaphwanya yunivesite. ndondomeko ndi mfundo.”
Lipotilo linanenanso kuti kalata ya Purezidenti Nusseibeh ya November 17 ponena za msonkhano wa pa November 5 sinasonyeze “kusalolera kapena chidani.” M’malo mwake, “chinali kuyesayesa kowona kwa pulezidenti wa Yunivesite kufikira ophunzira ake m’mawu olembedwa osankhidwa kuti alankhule nawo m’kukambitsirana kopindulitsa ponena za makhalidwe abwino a mtendere ndi kulemekezana.” Lipotilo silinagwirizane ndi kuyimitsidwa kwanu kwa Purezidenti Nusseibeh m’bungwelo, linanena kuti “kachitidweko kakuwononga kwambiri munthu wokhala ndi mbiri yanthaŵi yaitali monga munthu wolimba mtima wa kulemba makalata ndi munthu wamtendere.”
Lipotilo lidamaliza ndikuyitanitsa Brandeis kuti ayambirenso ndikuwonjezera ubale wake ndi Al-Quds.
(Monga ngati makolo, bungweli silinagwirizane ndi kuyimitsidwa kwanu kwa Purezidenti Nusseibeh, komwe kunakhazikitsidwa popanda chidziwitso kwa Richard J. Goldstone, wapampando wa Bungwe.)
Pambuyo pake, koyambirira kwa Januware, aphunzitsi atatuwa adabwerera ku Al-Quds ndipo adakumana ndi olamulira opitilira 20 ndi akatswiri ochokera ku Al-Quds. Zokambiranazo zinali zosokoneza kunena pang'ono. Aprofesa ndi oyang'anira ku Al-Quds "adadabwa komanso kukhumudwa" chifukwa cha kuyimitsidwa kwa mgwirizanowu ndipo "adakhumudwa kwambiri kuti Brandeis apereka dzina lake pazomwe amawona ngati kuyesa kupereka mwayi kwa yunivesite ya Al-Quds chifukwa cha milandu yomwe imalimbikitsa. kapena amavomereza chifashisti ndi chidani,” makamaka pamene chinagwira ntchito ndi mabungwe a Israeli.
Zimene munachitira Dr. Sari Nusseibeh zinakwiyitsa aliyense amene analankhula naye. Zinali maganizo awo "Kuti zotsatira zovulaza kwambiri za zochita za yunivesite ya Brandeis zinali kuwonongeka kwa mbiri ndi ulemu wa pulezidenti wawo chifukwa cha kuwonjezeka kwa kuyimitsidwa kwa mgwirizano, chinenero chokhudza mawu a Dr. atolankhani, komanso kuyimitsidwa kwa Dr. Nusseibeh ku bungwe la alangizi la International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life.”
Inde, m’madera ena, makamaka amene atsatira maganizo olakwika a anthu a ku Palestine, mbiri ya Dr. Nusseibeh ingakhale inaipa. Koma kwa iwo omwe amamvetsetsa chithunzithunzi chambiri cha zochitikazi ndikudziwa zomwe zikuchitika ku Palestine ndi Israeli, ndi mbiri ya Brandeis ndi inuyo yomwe yawonongeka ndi izi.
Sindingayang'ane izi ndi inu kapena Brandeis kapena kuwonedwa kuti ndikuzivomereza mwakukhalabe pagulu kapena kupitiliza kuthandizira Brandeis. Mwachiwonekere, ngakhale a Palestine omwe ali ndi malingaliro ochepetsetsa ndi osavomerezeka abwenzi ndi anzawo. Zimenezo ndizosavomerezeka kwa ine.
Wanu mowona mtima,
Michael Ratner
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