bud Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) many israeli apologists have tried to push aside the bds (boycott divestment and sanctions) movement, which started in 2005, by non-governmental palestinian organizations, as a failing movement which will not have an impact on israel's ongoing occupation, settlement increase and annexation of palestinian land. it has been anything but that. the bds movement has continued to grow and there are signs of public panic by the israeli government in regards to this. this movement has a chance to accelerate due to the analogies with apartheid south africa in the wake of mandela's death, if the latest peace process collapses. This has happened in recent days: The Dutch water company Vitens severed its ties with Israeli counterpart Mekorot; Canada’s largest Protestant church decided to boycott three Israeli companies; the Romanian government refused to send any more construction workers; and American Studies Association academics are voting on a measure to sever links with Israeli universities. haaretz Edited December 11, 2013 by bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 The only real second class citizens in the Middle East are non Muslims living in almost any middle eastern country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud Posted December 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 i hope you are also in support of non-violent movements shady. such as the bds movement. this movement can achieve equality and fight against human rights violations without violence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud Posted January 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) one of the largest american academic organizations, the asa has voted to join the bds movement and boycott israel. this will not effect individual israeli academics and is more of a symbolic gesture. here is what one of the asa members had to say: Why I voted for an academic boycott of Israel As a 39-year member of the American Studies Assn. (ASA) and a Jewish American... ... The resolution is far from an attack on academic freedom. In fact, it is a proper response to the routine denial of such scholarly freedom to Palestinian students. Having recently returned home from a trip to Israel and Palestine with Interfaith Peace-Builders, during which I was more profoundly shaken than I could ever have imagined by the brutality I saw toward Palestinians, I feel more strongly than ever the urgency of taking a stand in solidarity with Palestinians and their beleaguered Israeli allies. read more: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/blowback/la-ol-israel-academic-boycott-blowback-20131227,0,4082285.story#ixzz2pJiD8M1P Edited January 3, 2014 by bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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