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April 22, 2011

Israeli Academics Call For Creation of Palestinian State 
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A group of prominent Israelis met Thursday in Tel Aviv to announce their
support for the formation of an independent Palestinian state.
Forty-seven leading Israeli cultural figures and academics signed a
“Declaration of Independence from the Occupation." Yaron Ezrahi is a
professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Yaron Ezrahi: "The subjugation of the Palestinian people by Israel is
not only the elimination of Palestinian freedom, it also co-opts our
freedom in the state of Israel."

A group of Israeli protesters tried to disrupt the event. They heckled
the gathering, and called the participants traitors.



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