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articles Dayan attacked the Wickremesinghe-Sirisena government for "serving the minorities" and claimed that the planned new constitution will federalize and divide Sri Lanka which will cause the "Sinhala national consciousness" to be atomized and disintegrate and empower the "Tamil consciousness". Further he claimed that the agenda of the "Tamil bourgeoisie" and "Diaspora capitalists" is to use the constitution is to "rewire and reprogram" the Sinhala consciousness so they can never win another war, divide and rule the "majority" and weaken the national state. His statements have been harshly criticized by critics as fear mongering to the benefit of Mahinda Rajapaksa and his camp.
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at Aquinas he was "picked up" by the Intelligence Services Division and questioned at their headquarters in Longdon Place, Colombo. At Peradeniya he was a member of two radical groups - the Lanka Samaja Adhyayana Kavaya (Lanka Social Studies Circle) and Samaja Adhyayana Kavaya. Whilst at Binghamton
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Despite his past support of the LTTE after Dayan began to support Mahinda Rajapaksa he is accused of becoming racist against Tamils and having double standards when Tamils are concerned as well not differentiating the LTTE from the Tamil people and democratically elected Tamil politicians. In his
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Dayan was known for his opposition to Gotabaya Rajapaksa and has implied of him being the creator of Bodu Bala Sena with the help of Israel but Dayan denies that he was talking about Gotabaya but as the creator of the BBS but was involved in Zionist influence in Sri Lanka. Dayan believes that
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between 2005 and 2006. He was later appointed senior lecturer at the University of Colombo. He was a member of the Council of Management of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS). He received a
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told him by fax to "relinquish duties and return to Colombo on 20 August". According to Jayatilleka no reason was given for his sacking but it was suggested that
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from 1982 to 1984. After getting involved in radical politics he and others founded the Vikalpa Kandayama (Alternative Group). Jayatilleka had been a supporter of
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Jayatilleka was Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva between June 2007 and October 2009. During his tenure he was chairman of the
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for some time and had argued that their actions were a war of national liberation, not terrorism. Vikalpa Kandayama formed a relationship with the Tamil militant
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between 1988 and 1989 but resigned because of policy differences. Jayatilleka then abandoned his radical beliefs and became a prominent supporter of President
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he was involved with solidarity movements in support of El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. He returned to Sri Lanka in 1982 to observe the
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Gotabaya is following a form of Sinhala-Buddhist ultra-nationalism which he has named ‘Gotabayanism’ which according to him is "part uber-
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was assassinated and became a member of the party's central committee. Jayatilleka was Minister of Planning and Youth Affairs for the
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degree from the University of Colombo in October 2002. He was visiting senior fellow and adjunct professor at the
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in 2009. Jayatilleka had been appointed for a two-year term but when his contract expired in June 2009 President
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but, having gotten involved in militant Sri Lankan politics, never returned to Binghamton and dropped out.
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woman called Margreet and then Pulsara Liyanage. He is currently married to accountant Sanja de Silva.
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The Moral Sierra Maestra: The Moral-Ethical Dimension of the Political Thought of Fidel Castro
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The Moral Sierra Maestra: The Moral-Ethical Dimension of the Political Thought of Fidel Castro
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Fidel’s Ethics of Violence: The Moral Dimension of the Political Thought of Fidel Castro
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Jayatilleka had become involved in radical politics at a young age and whilst studying
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Jayatilleka has written articles and columns for several publications including the
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Sri Lanka: The Travails of a Democracy: Unfinished War, Protracted Crisis
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between 1982 and 1983, studying for a doctorate in political sociology.
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Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva
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extended his contract until June 2010. However, on 17 July 2009 the
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and Lakshmi Sylvia Fernando. He was named after the Israeli general
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Jayatilleka has been married three times. He first married a
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were unhappy with support for the implementation of the
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Jayatilleka was visiting senior research fellow at the
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Long War, Cold Peace: Conflict and Crisis in Sri Lanka
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After school he studied at 222:St. Joseph's College, Colombo 1238:The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) 784:The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) 600:The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) 614:Godage, K. (20 July 2009). 480:Views on Gotabaya Rajapaksa 133:1956 (age 67–68) 1381: 1320:Griffith University alumni 501:(Vikas Publications, 1995) 226:Aquinas University College 200:; born 1956) is a leftist 197: 183: 120: 87: 79:Sri Lankan Ambassador to 46: 37: 30: 1254:"'Long War, Cold Peace'" 345:in 2007 after writing a 334:Johns Hopkins University 307:Sri Lanka People's Party 234:University of Peradeniya 147:University of Peradeniya 31: 979:Indo-Asian News Service 729:. Ilankai Tamil Sangam. 711:. Ilankai Tamil Sangam. 328:Jayatilleka received a 305:Jayatilleka joined the 1360:Sri Lankan politicians 1259:The Island (Sri Lanka) 1217:The Nation (Sri Lanka) 923:Daily News (Sri Lanka) 832:The Nation (Sri Lanka) 683:Daily News (Sri Lanka) 647:The Nation (Sri Lanka) 621:The Island (Sri Lanka) 576:The Island (Sri Lanka) 390:Sinhalese nationalists 315:North Eastern Province 116:Karunaratne Hangawatte 281:University of Colombo 258:presidential election 246:Binghamton University 208:Early life and family 152:University of Colombo 16:Sri Lankan politician 1355:Sri Lankan diplomats 1350:Sri Lankan academics 725:(29 February 2008). 642:"Rebel with a cause" 513:(Vijitha Yapa, 2013) 405:Ambassador to France 378:Sri Lankan Civil War 319:Ranasinghe Premadasa 73:Kshenuka Seneviratne 890:Griffith University 750:(21 January 2006). 343:Griffith University 157:Griffith University 1063:. 22 December 2015 872:. 23 January 2011. 804:Sri Lanka Guardian 413:permanent delegate 311:Vijaya Kumaratunga 275:Jayatilleka was a 1365:Sinhalese writers 1138:Colombo Telegraph 1112:Colombo Telegraph 1087:Colombo Telegraph 1036:Colombo Telegraph 926:. 21 August 2009. 869:The Sunday Leader 748:Sri Kantha, Sachi 723:Sri Kantha, Sachi 707:(14 March 2011). 705:Sri Kantha, Sachi 382:Mahinda Rajapaksa 372:by the UNHRC for 309:after its leader 300:J. 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Index

Sri Lankan Ambassador to France
Lionel Fernando
Alma mater
University of Peradeniya
University of Colombo
Griffith University
Sinhalese
Sinhala
Sri Lankan
Mervyn de Silva
Moshe Dayan
St. Joseph's College, Colombo
Aquinas University College
University of Sri Lanka Peradeniya campus
University of Peradeniya
B.A.
Fulbright Scholar
Binghamton University
Advanced Level
presidential election
Burgher
visiting lecturer
University of Colombo
Tamil militancy
Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
indicted
President
J. R. Jayewardene
Sri Lanka People's Party
Vijaya Kumaratunga

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