Dan Meyerstein
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Professor
Dan Meyerstein is the president of Ariel University Center of Samaria. In 2004, Prof. Meyerstein opened the third annual David Bar-Illan
Conference on the Media. Concerning the demographics of Israel
, Prof. Meyerstein has stated that the birthrate in the Judea and Samaria
District is "crazily higher than the rest of Israel." On the various academic boycott
s of Israel, Prof. Meyerstein stated in the Jerusalem Post that, ""I feel that many of the people involved in this boycott have little knowledge of the system here and those that do have knowledge also have the desire to abolish the state of Israel. I have always felt boycotts were a bit like burning books. This happened in Europe
70 years ago and it is part of the reason I live in Israel."
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
Dan Meyerstein is the president of Ariel University Center of Samaria. In 2004, Prof. Meyerstein opened the third annual David Bar-Illan
David Bar-Illan
David Bar-Illan was an internationally acclaimed pianist, author and columnist. Bar-Illan also served as Executive Editor of the Jerusalem Post, Israel's leading English-language newspaper, before becoming Director of Communications & Policy Planning for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Conference on the Media. Concerning the demographics of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, Prof. Meyerstein has stated that the birthrate in the Judea and Samaria
Judea and Samaria
Judea and Samaria Area is the official Israeli term roughly corresponding to the territory usually known outside Israel as the West Bank and to the Israeli settlements there that are not governed as part of Jerusalem.-Terminology:...
District is "crazily higher than the rest of Israel." On the various academic boycott
Boycott
A boycott is an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons...
s of Israel, Prof. Meyerstein stated in the Jerusalem Post that, ""I feel that many of the people involved in this boycott have little knowledge of the system here and those that do have knowledge also have the desire to abolish the state of Israel. I have always felt boycotts were a bit like burning books. This happened in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
70 years ago and it is part of the reason I live in Israel."