Anat Biletzki Explained

Anat Biletzki (Hebrew: ענת בילצקי, born 1952) is a professor of philosophy at Tel Aviv University and Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT.[1] [2]

Biletzki was born in Jerusalem. She was a member of B'tselem,[3] an Israeli human rights NGO, acting as chairperson from 2001 to 2006, and has served as a B'tselem Board member since 1995.

Biletzki is a member of the executive board of FFIPP-I (Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace International),[4] which describes itself as "a network of Palestinian, Israeli, and International faculty, and students, working in solidarity for a complete end of the occupation and just peace."[5]

Biletzki distinguishes between "Jewish Israel" and Israel as a nation. In a New York Times opinion piece[6] she writes that "[the 2015 minority government bloc] holds a Jewish, nationalistic agenda," and "norms of exclusive Jewish rights and exclusion of Arab citizens" are inherent to Zionism. She says the same for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's assertion that a two-state solution would never be implemented during his tenure and his concern over large numbers of Israeli Arabs going to the voting booths.

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Notes and References

  1. "Speakers at Cape Town meeting compare situation in occupied territories with South African apartheid; Participants discuss situation in Occupied PalestinianTerritory.", M2 Presswire, 30 June 2004, retrieved 2011-07-08
  2. Fox, Maggie (2010) "Study shows Israelis and Palestinians both retaliate", Reuters, 4 October 2010, retrieved 2011-07-08
  3. "Diplomacy can work, Rice proves", Lincoln Journal Star, 16 November 2005, retrieved 2011-07-08
  4. Web site: FFIPP International. FFIPP-I. 2013-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20130123053456/http://www.ffipp.org/ffipp_international. 2013-01-23. dead.
  5. Web site: Who is FFIPP?. FFIPP-I. 2013-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20130123053456/http://www.ffipp.org/ffipp_international. 2013-01-23. dead.
  6. Web site: Making It Explicit in Israel. Anat. Biletzki. May 11, 2015. Opinionator.