Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 40 No. 23. September 12 1977

NZUSA replies

NZUSA replies

Dear David,

I am continually amazed at the pettiness of the heart-rendering (?) cries of Zionists like Gary Lewis—they can't abide the fact that they lost he vote in a democratic and rational meeting where students decided to support the concept of a free, democratic and secular Palestinian state.

As both the person who prepared the 'Middle East' Broadsheet and the person who was searched by an Israeli Embassy staff member, let me say that the searching was a most unpleasant experience that I went through without complaint—solely in the interests of obtaining an aricle solely in the interests of obtaining an article from a person whose views I vehemently disagree with.

Mr Lewis says I/we are biased—that's quite correct; we have a definite view one way—but we are not so biased that we won't also tell our members what the other side's view is. I challenge Mr Lewis, Mr Durden and their Jewish Students Society to publish our views in their material!

As far as saying that we support the PLO, I challenge Mr Lewis to produce one shred of evidence to support his claim in our broadsheet or in our policy motions. I know he can't. We published an article showing how Palestinians on the West Bank of the Jordan support the PLO—only to show that the story put out by Mr Lewis and friends that Palestinians don't support the PLO is a lie.

NZUSA executive only puts out material that it is authorised to—the real bullshitters appear to be the authors of the type of attack that Mr Lewis indulges in.

Dave Macpherson,

Research Officer.