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Nature 435, 736 (9 June 2005) | doi:10.1038/435736d; Published online 8 June 2005

A boycott could do good in Israel, as in South Africa

Rita Giacaman1, Jacqueline Sfeir2 & Ismat al-Shakhshir3

  1. Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, West Bank, Palestine
  2. Department of Education, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine
  3. Department of Chemistry, Al-Najah University, Nablus, West Bank, Palestine

We find it curious that your News story "Palestinian unease sparks fresh calls for Israeli boycott" (Nature 434, 813; 200510.1038/434813a) portrays scientific collaboration between Palestinian and Israeli academic institutions as a "beacon of hope" at a time when Israel's oppression of the Palestinians is ongoing and, in fact, intensifying.

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