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Nature 417, 221-222 (16 May 2002) | doi:10.1038/417221c

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Palestinian scientists are already restricted

Ahmed Abbes1, Mikhael Balabane1, Emmanuel Farjoun2, Michael Harris3, Raphael Rouquier3 & Pierre Schapira4

  1. Université Paris 13, 99 Avenue Jean-Baptiste Clément, 93430 Villetaneuse, France
  2. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
  3. Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France
  4. Université Paris 6, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France

Your Opinion article "Don't boycott Israel's scientists" (Nature 417, 1; 2002) expresses concern that a European boycott of Israeli scientists will harm three-way collaboration involving Palestinian scientists as well. This argument would have gained in cogency by including a Palestinian perspective.