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BDS is an existential threat
Tal Keinan
Published: 26.03.16, 09:15
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1. Essential products
Zola   (03.26.16)
It would be immoral not to manufacture products to essential services security devices and medical diagnostic tests and improve conditions for all peoples in the Holy Land by limiting Triumphalism and strengthening Security even by demilitirzed zones that are unofficial and pragmatic . The Arabs will need tough IDF security when the thermonuclear threat becomes closer by 2025 .
2. BDS the real problem are the Arabs in Jewish Israel
BUILD BABY BUILD !!!   (03.26.16)
move them back to where they came from and voila, no more problem. Israel the Jewish Homeland. Arabs to Arabia. KEEP BUILDING !!
3. We survived the holocaust, too many pograms to count
BUILD BABY BUILD !!!   (03.26.16)
and, this too shall pass. BDS another abbreviation of an old evil...anti semitism. Will someone please post a list of where Americans can purchase these same goods? Not only to show support but, to buy a better item. KEEP BUILDING !!
4. the 6th category!
tiki ,   belgium   (03.26.16)
To which Tal Keinan belongs. That's the category which refuses to see that the BDS problem is not Judea & Samaria and their concern is not about "Palestinian" well being. Their concern is the well being of Israeli Jews and their goal is the destruction of Israel, land of the Jews!
5. The "We Deserve It" Camp
chris (munich)   (03.26.16)
The paragraph here states that BDS is aimed at the destruction of Israel, not its improvement. This seems to me an over-simplification, since to get support BDS must attract a wide range of opinions. There are many people, Jews and otherwise, who are against the current rightist policies of Israel without wanting to destroy the state. Not recognizing their existence reduces the chances of a peaceful solution, and so serves only the extremists on both sides.
6. The Blinkered Defamatory Sinister Movement
Claude ,   UK and Cape Town   (03.26.16)
BDS is a threat not to be ignored First it should be re labelled something like the Blinkered, Defamatory and Sinister Movement.We should reclaim and rebrand it as a backward, fascistic movement. It has some major weaknesses compared to the only partially successful Sanctions campaign against South Africa. 1. Apartheid SA had a much less diverse and dynamic economy, very much reliant on natural resources, there was hardly a manufacturing sector to Boycott. The sport and cultural boycott was more successful, but had little real impact on the lives of White S Africans 2. The SA movement was very strong at condemning anti white rhetoric and racist comments. Something BDS has failed to do in respect of its many anti Semitic supporters. This will be a major turn off to mainstream Europeans. 3. The SA movement was very strong in Trade Unions and Churches. Both are declining in W Europe. TU membership has halved since 1990. Who goes to Church! 4. University campuses and Student Unions have a strong and loud BDS voice, but is anyone listening to a bunch of undergraduate students, often voting with minis use turnouts or supported by far left radicals that will never be employed outside. 5. Consumers are not too keen to be lectured to by do goosing boy otters, After child labour claims against Primark, their sales increased! We are much more cynical, sceptical when we are lectured to by lobby groups, we don't trust them. 6. Consumers do not select products based on country of origin. Just watch how people shop.Well maybe this does not apply to wines and cheeses! 7. Lastly, and sadly BDS and the Palestinian Support Movement are perceived by most to be pro Arab, Pro Islam, Pro Mass Immigration to Europe, well that is hardly the flavour of most Europeans at the moment. I have even read comments after the recent Brussels attacks that suggest many see the Israeli response to Palestinian terror as something we should learn from. 8. Yes there is criticism of Israel and anti semitism, particularly in parts of Europe, but the hatred towards Islam, Moslems and anything related to them is quite frightening, even in areas where there is very little Moslem immigration
7. BDS exists in Christian Europe
(03.26.16)
stop panicking. israel is turning to the east, china, india, japan, and other asian countries. it is also turning to africa. the eu is falling appart, economically, morally. it is under severe threat from the islamists. bds is in fact the brain child of the far left. the obama regime has been manipulating behind the scenes. the far left will lose some power after the us presidential elections.
8. BDS serves ONE purpose only
Yardena   (03.27.16)
The sole purpose of BDS is to destroy Israel. It has no interest whatsoever in Palestinian rights. If it did it would be boycotting Egypt for destroying hundreds of Palestinian homes on the Gaza border last October to stop Hamas from smuggling weapons. BDS has no interest in protecting Arab life. If it did it would be boycotting Syria for murdering 150,000 Arabs. BDS has no interest in protesting an occupation. If it did it would be boycotting China for occupying Tibet since 1950. BDS has no interest in promoting Arab human rights. If it did it would be divesting from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Syria, Lebanon and every other Arab country where Arabs are denied the most basic rights like freedom of press, freedom to protest their government, and the freedom to vote, all of which are guaranteed to Arabs only in Israel. BDS trades in anti-Semitism, with its primary objective being the economic destruction of the world’s only Jewish state and the Middle East’s only democracy.
9. Far Left Wipe Out
Claude ,   UK and Cape Town   (03.26.16)
And in the UK the Labour Party led by Corbyn is going to take it into its worst election defeat in history. They may secure a Labour London Mayor who has all but disowned his party leader.
10. #9 Claude Same in America
BUILD BABY BUILD !!!   (03.28.16)
seems the far left has only two candidates, one a socialist Jew the second, a 'progressive' being investigated by the FBI. Neither one what you call stellar. MORE BUILDING!! BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME!!
11. BDS would not survive fall of the P.A.
Chaim ,   Israel   (03.30.16)
BDS is almost entirely an evil child of the evil P.A. When Israel stops her mad support for the P.A., BDS would not survive, in any meaningful way. It is barely surviving now.
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