Talk:Harry Pettit
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A fact is not a point of view
[edit]Last time I checked Hamas wasn't peacefully protesting on the 7th of October. Stating that Hamas should finish what they began on October 7 is an extremist opinion (according to several cited sources). The fact that his views are considered antisemitic (and are what caused him to lose his job) is also supported by the sources. ~2025-38910-75 (talk) 07:38, 7 December 2025 (UTC) Just to be clear: he said that, it is not my opinion.
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~2026-19089-72 (talk) 11:20, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
Para 2: delete "his dismissal", replace with "him leaving Radboud University" - refence 4. In relation to debates sparked, add anti-zionism. This is the reason for his activism - reference 1.
Activism Para 3 beginning "On 11 March 2025..." delete this entire paragraph because it is an allegation made by one individual and there is no independent support for it.
For more publications please see Google Scholar Harry Pettit. Also https://www.focaalblog.com/2024/12/10/harry-pettit-theft-resistance-and-the-struggle-over-cash-circulation-in-beiruts-platform-economy/ many thanks
Not done: according to the page's protection level, you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. I am bad at usernames (talk · contribs) 18:08, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
- @I am bad at usernames ARBPIA remedies apply to content related to the Palestine-Israel conflict, but anyone is welcome to add other unrelated content, such as on the subject's publications. —BrechtBro (talk) 21:30, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
- ok thank you ~2026-19089-72 (talk) 16:36, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
- I want to add a reference to two supportive open letters supporting Dr Pettit at around the time that the 12,000 signed petition was set up:
- Open Letter: A Call for Radboud University to End Repression and Support Staff who Oppose Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
- Jewish Staff and Students respond to the attack against Harry Pettit
- In particular I find the last letter very powerful.
- Is this reasonable? Many thanks ~2026-19089-72 (talk) 16:45, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
Public debate
[edit]Recently, a citation-tag has been repeatedly added to the statement claiming that Pettit's statements and dismissal, sparked debates in the Netherlands concerning academic freedom, freedom of expression, hate speech, and antisemitism. As if somehow doubting that this had been the case.
It is self-evident that Harry Pettit’s statements caused widespread public debate in the Netherlands. The scale and speed of institutional and political reaction proves this. Within weeks, open letters signed by over a hundred university staff and students, mass petitions gathering up to 20,000 signatures, and formal questions in parliament compelled government ministers to denounce the remarks as “abject” and urge the university to act. The Dutch National Coordinator against Antisemitism publicly warned that such language had no place in education. No other recent academic controversy triggered comparable high-level intervention, with the controversy surrounding Pettit featuring in national media for months—front-page coverage in NOS, AD, Volkskrant and opinion pages across the spectrum—while sparking campus demonstrations and sustained public debate about the limits of academic freedom versus the duty to protect Jewish students. The fact that Pettit’s eventual departure from Radboud University and the subsequent rejection of his appointment elsewhere became national news only confirms the self-evident intensity of the public debate his words provoked. All of this is mentioned in the article text.
In any case, several of the sources already listed explicitly mention the public debate that Pettit caused; I hope that will be the end of it.Vlaemink (talk) 11:33, 13 April 2026 (UTC)