Author / Henry Clements

Henry Clements is a rising senior in the College of Arts & Sciences. He is currently completing an internship with the Palestinian American Research Center.
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  • An Open Letter to Chancellor Wrighton

    BY HENRY CLEMENTS Dear Chancellor Wrighton, I feel disappointed rather than assured by your recent email regarding the boycott of Israeli academic institutions. Not everyone in the Washington University community opposes the boycott. Some of us endorse it. The statement you included in your email asserts that “a boycott of academic institutions directly violates academic…

  • Straightforward: The Simplicity of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    BY HENRY CLEMENTS The American media tend to portray the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as hugely complicated and mired in controversy.  The situation is deadlocked, we are told, and no one agrees on the components of a final settlement. In reality, beyond U.S. borders, there exists hardly any disagreement at all. Indeed, there is close to unanimous…