Great writing by @AnshelPfeffer on the BDS, why it has failed and why Bibi and Pompeo want to pretend it's all powerful.
"BDS is a useful foil for the right-wing in Israel which needs to continue maintaining a siege mentality among Israeli citizens"
haaretz.com/us-news/.premi…
"BDS is a useful foil for the right-wing in Israel which needs to continue maintaining a siege mentality among Israeli citizens"
haaretz.com/us-news/.premi…
"But for a certain type of American Jewish organization and philanthropist, so lacking in imagination and independent thought that they need to subcontract their Jewish identity to Israel, BDS provides a "battle" in which they can easily take part."
What the same writer wrote in another article is illuminating:
"For the last decade no one has stopped Israel from doing pretty much whatever it likes in Gaza and the West Bank. No one has put any meaningful pressure on Israel to end the occupation."
"For the last decade no one has stopped Israel from doing pretty much whatever it likes in Gaza and the West Bank. No one has put any meaningful pressure on Israel to end the occupation."
"And the economy has continued to grow, foreign relations with the Far East, Latin America, Africa and even parts of the Arab world have flourished."
To be clear, it is no joy for me to see the failure of the BDS movement. In fact, I wish there was a movement that could have pressured Israel into finishing its brutal occupation of West Bank and inhumane siege on Gaza. But leaders need to be responsible for failed tactics.
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