The Jerusalem Post reports:

'Palestinian professor Abdel Sattar Kassem on Thursday accused the Palestinian Authority's security forces of being behind the torching of his car in Nablus. Kassem, who has been waging a public campaign against corruption in the PA for many years, teaches political science at An-Najah University. Unidentified arsonists set fire to his car on Wednesday morning while it was parked outside his apartment in the Rafidiyah neighborhood of Nablus. The attack came days after the professor issued a statement accusing the PA security forces of unjustly detaining members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. He also accused the security services of mistreating the detainees."The purpose of this attack is to destroy us from within," Kassem said, referring to the torching of his car. "Those who tried to assassinate me several years ago are also behind this attack." '

When will we see an AUT boycott of the Palestinian authority for its violent attack on academic freedom?

Posted by melanie at April 29, 2005