[Air-L] Difficult conversations

[Dr. Rasha Abdulla]

So the response of the self-acclaimed Israeli who is the AoIR President to
this imperative issue is to stifle conversation?!!!
WOW!! Just WOW!!!

Rasha A. Abdulla
Professor
Journalism and Mass Communication
The American University in Cairo
Twitter: @RashaAbdulla
http://twitter.com/rashaabdulla

On Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 9:48 AM Nicholas John via Air-L <
air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I have been following the discussion here very closely throughout what has
> been a very long day. I wish to address a couple of points from the various
> posts that have been sent.
>
> For those of you who don’t know me, I am, among other things, the President
> of AoIR, Jewish, and Israeli. I have skin in the game. For some, this may
> disqualify me from speaking; for others, my lived experience may be
> considered relevant. If you know me, you likely know my views on the
> conflict and the current government. I do not feel a need to share them
> here. For the sake of openness, though, I can say that I am yet to see a
> statement about the conflict that does justice to the complexities of the
> situation.
>
> My primary concern right now, therefore, is for AoIR. I think it is already
> clear that it is unlikely that the AoIR community will agree on a statement
> about the current situation in the Middle East. So far, the discussion has,
> by and large, been pretty civil, though I am extremely concerned that it
> might stop being so. Let me remind everyone of our code of conduct (
> https://aoir.org/codeofconduct) and the rules of use (
> https://aoir.org/mailing-lists/mailing-list-rules-and-etiquette) for the
> mailing list.
>
> On a practical note, and after conversations with the exec members who were
> available today, the conversation on this list will be slowed down a bit.
> Every message will get through (unless it really shouldn’t), though not
> immediately. It’s 1am where I am, but tomorrow morning I will release a
> bunch of messages, and will continue to do so through the day.
>
> I know that this conflict has already cost people real friendships within
> academia. It must not cost us our community.
>
> Nik
>
>
> Nicholas John
> Associate Professor
> President, Association of Internet Researchers
> Department of Communication and Journalism
> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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