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Times of London columnist Michael Gove explains why he quit the NUJ after nearly 20 years:
This boycott is not of a repressive state that outlaws free expression (of which, sadly, there are still too many) but of one of the few states in the Middle East with a proper free press: Israel.
The NUJ exists to defend, among other virtues, freedom of speech. That virtue is better defended in Israel than in any other nation of the Middle East and it comes under assault daily from forces driven by fanaticism.
Now is a time, for all sorts of reasons, for showing solidarity with those defending democracy in that region, not for passing on the other side of the road. So, with no little sadness, I feel that I have to leave.
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Michael Gove is more than just a columnist at the Times. He is also one of the few MP's in the UK Parliament that truly "gets it". He leads up most of the parliamentary efforts to defend Israel in the UK.
Posted by: Brian of London at Apr 18, 2007 7:01:40 PM
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