A syllabus for an upcoming fall semester course at Princeton University features a book that claims the Israeli military harvests Palestinian organs, Ynet reported on Sunday.
The book in question — The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability, authored by Jasbir K. Puar — is included in the list of reading materials for the “Decolonizing Trauma Studies from the Global South” course.
The book’s summary accuses Israel of “supplementing its right to kill with the right to maim.”
“The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have shown a demonstrable pattern over decades of sparing life, of shooting to maim rather than to kill,” it says. “This is ostensibly a humanitarian practice, leaving many civilians ‘permanently disabled’ in an occupied territory of destroyed hospitals, rationed medical supplies, and scarce resources.”
In the past, Puar has asserted that the IDF has “mined” the bodies of Palestinian children for scientific research.
Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) CEO Sacha Roytman Dratwa said on Monday, “I’m disappointed to learn that @Princeton course materials promote a blood libel against Israel with the ludicrous claim that the IDF harvests Palestinian organs.”
He added, “As a respected institution of higher learning, I urge @Princeton to take immediate steps to rectify this. Your students deserve better.”
I’m disappointed to learn that @Princeton course materials promote a blood libel against Israel with the ludicrous claim that the IDF harvests Palestinian organs.
As a respected institution of higher learning, I urge Princeton to take immediate steps to rectify this. Your… pic.twitter.com/cMLQ9l1EBa
— Sacha Roytman (@SachaRoytman) August 7, 2023
