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Opinion
Nature 417, 1 (2 May 2002) | doi:10.1038/417001a
Don't boycott Israel's scientists
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Abstract
A petition urging European institutions to initiate moratoria against scientific collaboration with Israel has sparked further petitions and counter-petitions. Such boycotts are misguided and should be opposed in favour of constructive initiatives.
Science is less political than other issues, and is a bridge for peace. That is what Leah Boehm, then chief scientist at Israel's science ministry, enthusiastically told Nature in 1995.
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