Boycott. Divestment. Sanctions. Decades ago, BDS was a weapon used against apartheid in South Africa. Today, it is being used against Israel and the Jewish nation. How we’re fighting back. ,Beating the BDS Bullies,What was once a tool of justice used against apartheid in South Africa is now being abused against Israel and the Jewish nation. How we’re fighting back.
Seated cross-legged on the concrete in the main courtyard of the United Nations headquarters hundreds of students have gathered for an unusual conference at least in this venue: an anti-BDS parley at the world body that singles out Israel for censure like no other.
A young woman balancing a turkey sandwich and a book with the Palestinian flag prominently featured on its cover is speaking animatedly her hazel eyes flashing. I approach slowly lowering myself to the ground and nodding a greeting.
“Which book is that?”
“This is a copy of Omar Barghouti’s book on BDS” she says mentioning the name of the Palestinian activist who started the movement to boycott divest and sanction the State of Israel. “The sales rep at Barnes and Noble thought I was nuts when I asked her for a copy. She could tell I was Jewish.”
“What did you tell her?”
BDS is the 21st-century incarnation of an old disease: anti-Semitism. The difference is that now the entire Jewish state is targeted not only the Jewish people. —Danny Danon
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