Thread by @StandWithUs

NYC Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang wrote an article in which he denounced antisemitism and anti-Israel boycotts, and is now being attacked.

forward.com/opinion/462603…

We take no position on the NYC Mayoral race, but strongly oppose efforts to intimidate leaders who take a stand against BDS, which is a campaign of hate.

The purpose of BDS is not to protest Israeli policies as some claim, but to isolate and pressure Israel until it collapses as a Jewish and democratic state. Furthermore, BDS actively harms peace efforts by opposing Israeli-Palestinian cooperation.

standwithus.com/bds

BDS leaders and activists publicly call for the elimination of Israel and dehumanize Israelis.

Ignore the manufactured outrage of BDS activists and apologists. BDS does have deeply antisemitic roots. Haj Amin al-Husseini, a Palestinian nationalist leader who collaborated with Hitler, led "anti-Zionist" boycotts in the 1920s and 30s.

forward.com/opinion/391736…

That hateful agenda continues to this day. According to @nytimes, "the B.D.S. National Committee's members, for example, include... Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine."
nytimes.com/2019/07/27/wor…