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<div><strong><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">2) In Defense of
Judith Butler</font></strong> (by Darin Barney, Huffington
Post, May 29, 2013)</div>
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<div>"Professor Butler, who is Jewish, is an outspoken critic of the
state of Israel's treatment of the Palestinian people </div>
<div>and its occupation of disputed territories, and a supporter of
the international campaign to use Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions </div>
<div>as means to pressure the Israeli government to end the
occupation and extend equal rights and reparations to unlawfully
displaced</div>
<div>Palestinian citizens. This has prompted Hillel McGill and
McGill Students for Israel to issue a <a
href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Honorary+degree+recipient+Judith+Butler+controversial+figure/8427353/story.html"
target="_blank">letter of protest </a>calling on the </div>
<div>McGill administration to reconsider its decision to honour
Professor Butler. Their position has been supported in a recent
editorial </div>
<div>by <a
href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/05/23/barbara-kay-mcgill-seeks-to-enhance-its-reputation-by-awarding-honorary-doctorate-to-divisive-ideologue/"
target="_blank">Barbara Kay</a> in the <em>National Post</em>
and in a post to the <em>Open Zion</em> <a
href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/24/mcgill-s-judith-butler-bungle.html"
target="_blank">blog</a> by McGill History Professor Gil Troy.</div>
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