 A Palestinian teachers union has called for the dismissal of Al-Quds University President Sari Nusseibah for "normalising ties with Israel" and "serving Israeli propaganda interests". A statement by the Palestinian Union of University Teachers and Employees (PUUTE), published on the front page of the Ram Allah-based daily Al-Ayyam, on Monday accused Nusseibah of "normalising relations with the Sharon government" despite the Israeli prime minister's policy of "bullying the Palestinians and stealing their land".
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"This constitutes a strong blow to the Palestinian national consensus against normalisation with Israel," said the statement. "We call on all concerned parties within the Palestinian Authority, including President Mahmoud Abbas and the Higher Education Council, to take the necessary measures to put an end to him this behaviour, which doesn't represent the position of the Palestinian university teachers and employees, and dismiss the president of the Al-Quds University." The statement also accused Nusseibah of acting against a recent decision by Britain's Association of University Teachers to boycott Israel's Haifa and Bar Ilan universities. |