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>Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 15:06:12 +0200
>From: Riva Friedman <rivaf@research.haifa.ac.il>
>To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:@research.haifa.ac.il;>
>Subject: Complaint against Dr.Ilan Pappe
In regard to the complaint lodged against Dr. Ilan Pappe, hereby is the
decision (full text) given by the Presiding Officer of the Academic
Disciplinary Court.
Academic Secretariat
19.5.2002
Prof. Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, Rector of the University
Professor Ben-Ze'ev,
Following a thorough review of the letter of complaint submitted by Prof.
Yossi Ben-Artzi against Dr. Ilan Pappe that you transmitted to me by way of
the Academic Secretary, Mr. Baruch Marzan (his letter of 5.5.02 and your
letter of 7.5.02), and by virtue of the authority granted me in accordance
with paragraph 5.1 of the regulations concerning the obligations of an
academic employee, I have arrived at the conclusion that I do not find it
warranted to convene the court in order to discuss the matter in the manner
that was submitted, for the following reasons:
A. Several of the complaints raised in the letter of complaint (paragraph
B, most of C, part of D, E, F) include charges such as slander, impugning
the good name, and libel, and these have to be discussed in the framework
of a civil suit or by lodging a complaint with the police, not with the
disciplinary court, which has not the means of examining such accusations.
B. The rest of the complaints (paragraph A, part of C, part of D), on
non-collegiality or deviation from ethics, such as appealing to
organizations abroad, insulting colleagues, and damaging their academic
integrity, do on the face of it permit the submission of a complaint and a
discussion in the court.
Accordingly, should Professor Ben-Artzi wish to reword the letter of
complaint in accordance with the foregoing, I shall reconsider opening the
disciplinary discussion.
Since the letter of complaint was sent to the defendant prior to my
decision whether or not to conduct a discussion, it seems to me desirable,
then, to convey this letter of mine to both parties.
Yours truly,
Prof. Yaacov Barnai
Presiding Officer of the Academic Disciplinary Court
cc: Mr. Baruch Marzan, Academic Secretary
Riva Friedman
Office of the Rector and Academic Secretariat
University of Haifa
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