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by sndman 5y ago
In the case of this BDS campaign, the actual boycott is not against the nation of Israel. It's mainly to boycott products of companies that are complicit in Israel's violations of Palestinian rights. The idea is that Roger Waters
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Many people here seem baffled about why there are laws here in the US that require various people to sign anti-BDS agreements specifically mentioning the State of Israel or the Israeli government. After all, BDS campaigns may seem rather si
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Not all anti-Zionists are antisemitic. And Zionism is not the same as Judaism. In fact, I would have a hard time finding one Jewish friend who was even mildly Zionist.
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by sndman 5y ago
Since he's being forced to sign an agreement, the state of Texas is forcing him to hold a particular political position in order to work and get paid by the City of Houston. His political opinion (and you can agree or disagree with it)
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Mind you, I'm not arguing for or against the boycott. But these laws would seem unconstitutional on the basis of the first amendment and precedent: (e.g. In NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. (1982).) And the boycott movement is not about
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by sndman 5y ago
Exactly how is BDS going beyond criticism? Do the recent reports on Israeli treatment of Palestinians go beyond criticism? https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/isra... What about
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''The cultivated land is probably 1 million dunam. According to international law, we cannot sell anything, so maybe we should buy from those Arabs who do not want to come back.... All we need is 400 tractors, each tractor can cul
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by sndman 5y ago
'The Arabs will have to go but one needs an opportune moment for making it happen, such as a war." --Ben-Gurion's Diary,12July1937,and in New Judea, August-September 1937, p.220. "I am for compulsory transfer; I do not
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by sndman 5y ago
The quote speaks for itself, no?
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"Therefore it would be necessary to carry on colonization against the will of the Palestinian Arabs,...Zionist colonization, even the most restricted, must either be terminated or carried out in defiance of the will of the native popul
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by sndman 5y ago
Bit of an overreaction, no? How would a boycott destroy one of the most powerful military forces on earth? BDS isn't trying to destroy Israel. It's only attempting to bring attention to the government's inhuman treatment of P
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by sndman 5y ago
Taking away the right (or punishing) of individuals (or groups) to boycott would seem unconstitutional at face value. Where would the Civil Rights movement have been without boycotts? I was once asked in an interview whether "The State
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by sndman 5y ago
Indeed, it is a thing, and has been for a long time. But labeling free speech as antisemitic is now quite common. Here in the US, there is plenty of legislation at the state level that requires individuals and businesses sign agreements in
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by sndman 5y ago
Commonly sung in UU services: Coffee, Coffee, Coffee Sung to the tune of “Holy, Holy, Holy” ------------------------------------------------- Coffee, Coffee, Coffee, Praise the strength of coffee. Early in the morn we rise with thoughts of
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by sndman 5y ago
The author of the opinion piece (Alan Leveritt) is the subject (among others) of a good documentary BOYCOTT by Julia Bacha (not clear how to watch this). Panel discussion and Q&A for the doc is on YouTube here: https://www.y
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by sndman 5y ago
Why? In short, lawmakers are creating numerous anti-BDS laws attempting to defend freedom;-) as long they align with their own ideological positions. I was actually asked whether "Israel had a right to exist" during an interview.
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Same author (Kristen Haring) wrote a great book a little later (2007) called Ham Radio's Technical Culture. https://lib.qrz.ru/files/22_-Kristen_Haring.pdf Ham radio is a great hobby for so many different reasons.
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You bring up some interesting points: there are many human rights abuses in China and Russia. Tibet too. But these are not relevant to this discussion. And there is no such "right to exist" for countries. People have a right to se
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I think that even without the recent Human Rights Watch report calling Israel an Apartheid state, most of the world sees what's going on in the occupied territories and has come to the same conclusion. We've learned a lot from the
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by sndman 5y ago
While it may be true that Jews were "chased out of the surrounding Arab countries", this doesn't justify the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. A crime is a crime. Let's be clear, forcibly removing an indigenous population o
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by sndman 5y ago
There are many Palestinians who are not under occupation, but none of them, and this includes those in the refugee camps, are free from the potential danger of future ethnic cleansing. It seems more a matter of Israeli priority rather than
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> EDIT: it struck me after writing all this. Perhaps this is the core of the contention: Israel is just so damn effective at everything it does. Indeed, Israel is extremely effective. Especially in 1948. I find that there is a general la
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I would be surprised (but delighted) if archaeologists uncover the ruins of over 500 Palestinian villages destroyed in 1948. This was only 73 years ago. Some of the people are still alive (my parents!). This was well documented in Walid Kha
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Living in the occupied territories is brutal. I wouldn't say it's exactly the same as apartheid, but it's pretty close. There is a general lack of awareness of the history of Palestine and the indigenous people that lived the
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What a great place to practice colonization. FYI, before the creation of modern Israel, the Negev desert was almost entirely populated by Arab Bedouins. Nearly 100,000 fled during the ethnic cleansing of 1948. My parents were forced to leav