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Rift in Foreign Ministry prevents effective fight against BDS
Shahar Ginosar
Published: 28.06.15, 00:18
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1. Needs More Publicity
Christy ,   Boston, MA   (06.28.15)
The products, companies, groups, etc. who are supporting an Israeli boycott need to be more widely known. I'm sure Christian Zionists in the US, and elsewhere, would be willing to enact a counter-boycott. I haven't seen this get much mention in the US press. Much of the US Press cater to a very left of center audience so it's not surprising this hasn't got much publicity. Anyone in a position to do so should help get the word out.
2. Betselem are European agents
Follow the money   (06.28.15)
Organizations who are financed by the EU and debriefed in European embassies are not really Israeli organizations. They are European agents acting against Israel. The government should act to cut their financing and not cooperate with them.
3. the left is too ready to sell out an dis wrong professionals
ralph   (06.28.15)
are wrong. they must change or be replaced.
4. category mistake about racism
UR   (06.28.15)
You can't fight racism by arguing that there are reasons for racism. There are never reasons for racism just excuses. If you have trouble assimilating this idea when thinking about Jews just try it out with African Americans. As in, the reason there's racism against AA is because AA are (e.g.) preponderantly represented in the prison population. To address racism, let's address the fact that AA are so much more likely than non-AA to be in prison. It is definitely the case that people who make this mistake are the reason that the BDS is winning ground. In fact I rather suspect the author thinks this way. I can't remember the time when I read an article about BDS without some politician or commentator being quoted as saying something along the lines: BDS isn't all about antisemitism; there really is a problem here. No, BDS is a racist politics. The fact that it is popular is to do with the popularity of racism.
5. legal actions should be taken
C   (06.28.15)
bds is a totalitarian group whose purpose is to dismantle the jewish state. under us law, it is illegal to engage in boycotts against israel under the rules of the wto, it is illegal to engage in boycotts. several states have enacted anti-boycott legislation. us congress will enact further legislation. jewish students who are harassed and intimidated on american campuses need to sue organisations suchs as bds, sjp, and individuals who harass them. lawyers sympathetic to the students should set up a volunteer group which would be ready to file suits for the students. universities which fail to provide a safe environment for jewish students should also be sued.
6. As Long As Apartheid Exists In The Occupied West Bank ...
World Citizen ,   the world   (06.28.15)
The BDS Movement Will Grow. There is nothing Israelis or Jewish money in the USA can do. The truth is more powerful than Israeli excuses. I am truly glad that Netanyahu continues to bury his head in the sand. One more Protective Edge and five more years of apartheid and your country will be totally isolated. Even the youth in the United States, as jaded as they are, know evil when they see it. It is just a matter of time.
7. World Fool, Apartheid exists all around Israel, not inside
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (06.28.15)
8.  Rift in Foreign Ministry
Sara ,   Toronto, Canada   (07.01.15)
Lieberman and Elkin and their ilk are apparatchiks, The MK's are out for money and power, They always have been and always will be corrupt.
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