Political activity that calls for a boycott of Israel is too traumatic for Jewish university students.
Ironic twist: Irwin Cotler, who gave Trudeau his Zionist talking points, is a Jewish MP in Canada who was involved in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa in the 1980's. He served as counsel to Nelson Mandella who Canada considered a terrorist.
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(Old Spike)
Yea, sure it. It's "JUST POLITICAL ACTIVISM". As if political activism is motivated by shit. In the case of BDS, the idea that it exists because of "the policies of a government" is a lie. Why? Because BDS predates the establishment of Israel as a Government.
Before it was rebranded into BDS it was known as "The Arab Boycott" which was formally declared by the newly formed Arab League Council on December 2, 1945:
As is evident in this declaration, the terms “Jewish” and “Zionist” were used synonymously. The objective of the boycott has been to isolate Israel from its neighbors and the international community, as well as to deny it trade that might be used to augment its military and economic strength.
The boycott was primarily conducted by Arab states until 2001. In August and September of that year, a forum of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) was held in Durban, South Africa, at the same time as the UN World Conference against Racism. The forum was marked by repeated expressions of naked anti-Semitism by NGO activists and condemned as such by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson who chaired the Conference.
The Forum’s final declaration described Israel as a “racist, apartheid state” that was guilty of “racist crimes including war crimes, acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing.” The declaration established an action plan – the “Durban Strategy” – promoting “a policy of complete and total isolation of Israel as an apartheid state…the imposition of mandatory and comprehensive sanctions and embargoes, the full cessation of all links (diplomatic, economic, social, aid, military cooperation and training) between all states and Israel” (para. 424).
In November 2007, the first Palestinian BDS conference convened in Ramallah and established the BDS National Committee (BNC) as the Palestinian coordinating body for the international campaign. The BDS movement seeks to link Israeli policies with the racial segregation practice in South Africa from 1948-1994. By making a specious comparison, BDS proponents hope to convince the international community to adopt the same type of boycott and sanctions campaigns that contributed to the downfall of that despicable system. The ultimate objective of the BDS movement was articulated by As’ad AbuKhalil, a professor at California State University Stanislaus:
The BDS movement rejects the peace process and the idea of a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Its leaders routinely dismiss peace efforts ranging from the 1978 Camp David Peace Accords to the Oslo Process to President Barack Obama’s peace initiatives. Omar Barghouti, founder of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, for example, has said:
With their zero-sum approach to everything Israeli, they make no attempt to address issues of reconciliation and coexistence. Moreover, they do not acknowledge any Palestinian responsibility or accountability.
The boycott advocates have targeted stores that sell Israeli products, entertainers who plan performances in Israel, Israeli artists performing abroad, unions, professional associations and any other individual or group with some tie to Israel that they believe they can intimidate. These efforts have had minimal impact in the United States, but have been more successful in Europe and a few other countries such as South Africa whose ruling African National Congress Party (ANC) has declared their full and unequivocal support for the BDS movement. The ANC adopted BDS as it's official policy in October 2012, approving a resolution which included a specific call to the South African people to, “support the programmes and campaigns of the Palestinian civil society which seek to put pressure on Israel to engage with the Palestinian people to reach a just solution.”21
By contrast, many Germans have no difficulty seeing that BDS is fundamentally anti-Semitic, and major cities such as Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich have banned or legislated against BDS activity. Some Germans see the echoes of another boycott against the Jews. As the student parliament at Goethe University in Frankfurt observed in this succinct and searing indictment of the movement:
(Old Spike)
BDS is anti-Semetic
BDS is political activism to boycott a government.
Feel free to shit on the JEWISH source but it's accurate so I don't care.
You don't know the difference between Jewish & Zionist.
How about this Jewish source?
There are more if you're interested...
You ought to be careful what you pull from Wikipedia...
(Old Spike)
Allow me clarify as my initial comment was intended to stir the pot.
BDS is deeply rooted in and is birthed from the deep seeded hatred of the Jewish people by Muslims.
I am fully aware that there are unwitting pawns who have latched onto BDS as an outlet for the pathetic need to virtue signal. They were told and believed the lie that it is NOT intended as a cudgel against the Jewish people. However, just because they don't realize they're being used by anti-Semitic Islamist doesn't negate the fact that BDS is, at it's core, anti-Jewish and not merely anti-Israel.
(Old Spike)
BDS isn't even anti-Israel, let alone anti-Semitic. It's primarily pro-human rights for Palestinians. The boycotts in practice are aimed at the ethnic colony industry. It's a peaceful way to try to do what the U.N. is unable - force Israel to obey international law.
The only reason I can think of that you'd be opposed to something that forces Israel to stop ethnic cleansing is you have a xenophobic feeling towards Arabs.
(Old Spike)
As far as your video. Red herrings don't work. I didn't use Wikipedia as a source. This discussion has nothing to do with Wikipedia.
(Old Spike)
Oh, okay, then see my response to your claim that it's a "JEWISH SOURCE"...
The Jewish Virtual Library ("JVL", formerly known as JSOURCE) is an online encyclopedia published by the American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE)
That's an American Zionist NGO, not a "JEWISH SOURCE"
They've done a great job at rewriting history. George Orwell would be impressed.
(if you take that website seriously, no wonder you're so misinformed)
(Short Spike)
smart guy doesn't understand why the "Jewish Virtual Library " has a article about Political Activity against a country..
The Jewish Virtual Library published by the American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise one of your Zionist buddy Auto
but I am sure if the MUSLIM WEEKLY has a article about WHY IT IS JUSTIFIED TO KILL "Jamal Khashoggi" you would accept it has source
(Old Spike)
right. it's a very clear attempt by auto to label anything anti-israeli-government-policy as anti-all-jews, which it isn't. calling something something else because you can't make a point again the actual argument is logical fallacies 101.
(Short Spike)
1.Any one wonder why a CANADIAN would worry about the way the president of CANADA feel about another country...You are CANADIAN or ISRAELI pick one.
2. Anyone wonder why AUTO our resident "ATHEIST" and "hater of all religions " especially islam love and makes excuses for a RELIGIOUS STATE THAT IS THE ORIGINAL ISIS
3. The bad mouth of Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud because of the death of Jamal Khashoggi is ANTI ARAB AND ANTI MUSLIM.....anyone that says anything about Saudi is a ANTI ARAB AND ANTI MUSLIM oh wait no that does not work here it only work for ISRAEL and it WAR CRIMES
(Old Spike)
BDS is anti-Semetic.
(Old Spike)
man this guy is following the BS line very well. the question clearly said "against the foreign policies of the government of israel" yet he spoke as if it was about all jews, which it isn't, making him straight up dishonest. the guy even pointed out how many jews were in favor of the BDS movement.
(Old Spike)
Canada has elections later this year so he's looking to win favour with the Zionist lobby.
It's pretty twisted how his talking points rely on humanitarian reasoning.... "we must support ethnic cleansing or we're victimising people" is pretty damn cynical.