Comments on: Answering Critics of the Boycott Movement http://www.jewdas.org/2009/10/answering-critics-of-the-boycott-movement/ radical voices for the alternative diaspora... Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:17:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sardonicus http://www.jewdas.org/2009/10/answering-critics-of-the-boycott-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-11064 Sardonicus Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:40:51 +0000 http://www.jewdas.org/?p=1231#comment-11064 So North Korea and China don't have movements calling for boycotts of their own governments? They also have far more opressive laws, police and infinitely less access to the press. If we punish those who have granted the freedom to appeal to the outside world. And ignore those who do not have that freedom. Then are we not a slightly more sophisticated version of the Big Brother audience, howling at what we can see on our TV screens? So North Korea and China don’t have movements calling for boycotts of their own governments?

They also have far more opressive laws, police and infinitely less access to the press.

If we punish those who have granted the freedom to appeal to the outside world. And ignore those who do not have that freedom.

Then are we not a slightly more sophisticated version of the Big Brother audience, howling at what we can see on our TV screens?

]]> By: SHB http://www.jewdas.org/2009/10/answering-critics-of-the-boycott-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-3877 SHB Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:41:16 +0000 http://www.jewdas.org/?p=1231#comment-3877 An interesting response to BDS http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1161713.html An interesting response to BDS

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1161713.html

]]> By: Krackovitz http://www.jewdas.org/2009/10/answering-critics-of-the-boycott-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-1676 Krackovitz Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:03:51 +0000 http://www.jewdas.org/?p=1231#comment-1676 Yes, Progressive Zionist, just as it was about discriminating against white South Africans during apartheid...! It is a funny thing you Zionists do; you affirm anti-Semitic notions of Jewish "otherness", lure the Jews into their death trap of a Nation-State, and then cry wolf! When will you open your eyes? Yes, Progressive Zionist, just as it was about discriminating against white South Africans during apartheid…! It is a funny thing you Zionists do; you affirm anti-Semitic notions of Jewish “otherness”, lure the Jews into their death trap of a Nation-State, and then cry wolf! When will you open your eyes?

]]> By: Progressive Zionist http://www.jewdas.org/2009/10/answering-critics-of-the-boycott-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-1528 Progressive Zionist Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:18:44 +0000 http://www.jewdas.org/?p=1231#comment-1528 The boycott only helps to perpetuate the conflict. Is empowers extremists like Hamas and the Israeli far-right. It makes the plight of the average Palestinian on the street worse than it already is. "It is time to realize that it is not the Israeli who is targeted by BDS, but the Israeli government and Israeli institutions that collaborate in the occupation of the Palestinians, and degrade and demonize them." Rubbish. BDS does not target Israeli government officials, it targets ordinary Israelis - farmers, football players, musicians, academics, artists etc. BDS is about discriminating against Israeli Jews. The boycott only helps to perpetuate the conflict. Is empowers extremists like Hamas and the Israeli far-right. It makes the plight of the average Palestinian on the street worse than it already is.

“It is time to realize that it is not the Israeli who is targeted by BDS, but the Israeli government and Israeli institutions that collaborate in the occupation of the Palestinians, and degrade and demonize them.”

Rubbish. BDS does not target Israeli government officials, it targets ordinary Israelis – farmers, football players, musicians, academics, artists etc. BDS is about discriminating against Israeli Jews.

]]> By: Krackovitz http://www.jewdas.org/2009/10/answering-critics-of-the-boycott-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-915 Krackovitz Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:57:25 +0000 http://www.jewdas.org/?p=1231#comment-915 BDS is a fine tactic, I'm in favor of it, but I think we should have no illusions about its obvious limitations. Namely, that any revolution - which, in this case, can only mean the decisive defeat of Zionism - must necessarily come from the struggle of the oppressed nation. Raising awareness of the ethnic cleansing is a worthy cause, but ultimately there is only so much progress that can come at the hands of some benevolent international bourgeois liberals divesting their capital from Israeli enterprises. So it's a decent tactic that can help supplement the struggle of the Palestinian masses, but it is clearly not the be-all end-all of Zionism/ethnic cleansing in Palestine. BDS is a fine tactic, I’m in favor of it, but I think we should have no illusions about its obvious limitations. Namely, that any revolution – which, in this case, can only mean the decisive defeat of Zionism – must necessarily come from the struggle of the oppressed nation. Raising awareness of the ethnic cleansing is a worthy cause, but ultimately there is only so much progress that can come at the hands of some benevolent international bourgeois liberals divesting their capital from Israeli enterprises. So it’s a decent tactic that can help supplement the struggle of the Palestinian masses, but it is clearly not the be-all end-all of Zionism/ethnic cleansing in Palestine.

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