Regular readers of On the Face know that I don't write about politics. I still don't write about politics. But sometimes things just drive me crazy because they are so illogical, pointless and, well, stupid. Like the decision taken by the British Association of University Teachers to boycott two Israeli universities.

Etgar Keret sent me the link to his article about the decision, published last week in The Guardian. As usual, he is incisive, pithy and brilliant at cutting through the bullshit.

Here's an excerpt:

Today, the Association of University Teachers will hold its annual council meeting in Eastbourne, during which a motion will be put forth to boycott three out of eight Israeli universities. The timing, as always, is perfect. The Middle East is never exactly blissful, but now, of all times, when the agenda features disengagement and the slimmest prospects of new solutions - now is apparently the right moment for calling out the cavalry of British academe, those valiant and dauntless professors who will not think twice before boycotting Israeli mathematicians or Latin scholars. With a well-aimed forceps movement, they will prevent such researchers from publishing their learned papers on topological distortions in space, and may even, if they're lucky, manage to foil cooperation between biologists who might, heaven forbid, discover a Zionist cure for cancer.