Anti-Israel BDS Movement Failing Miserably

[ericson00]

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http://observer.com/2016/03/hard-times-at-bds-high/

It’s been a disappointing couple of months for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions crowd. In January, in what seemed sure to be a lay-up for reflexively anti-Israel academics targeting the Jewish state, the American Historical Association instead dealt the BDS folks a stinging blow, defeating by a more than 2 to 1 margin a resolution condemning Israel for what were claimed to be violations of Palestinian academic freedom.

Last month at McGill University in Montreal, where the BDS movement has been strong and anti-Israelism is deeply-rooted, BDS forces failed for the third time in 18 months to pass an anti-Israel motion. McGill’s undergraduates rejected the latest one by a 57 percent to 43 percent vote.

A new Gallup poll released in late February found that despite an intensified effort to discredit Israel on American campuses, Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 declare their sympathies with Israel rather than the Palestinians by 54 percent to 23 percent. American support for Israel in general is steady at 62 percent and support for the Palestinians is down slightly to 15 percent, and sympathy for Israel among Democrats has actually risen over the past year.

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Because there is way too much conflation btw "end the occupation" and "get rid of Israel"

And people are smart enough to tune out the shouting and figure that out.

FWIW, i think the two state solution is effectively dead, sadly... which means i dont know who at this point has a credible or rational means forward.

[yourpaljoey]

2. Hardly. We are just revving up.

Ask us again in thirty years.

[former9thward]

5. And your answer in 30 years will be:

Now we are really revving up. Ask us again in another 30 years.

[procon]

3. This opinion piece doesn't invalidate the BDS movement as a moral response to Israeli racism.

The author is deceptive in ignoring the primary goal of the BDS movement is to raise awareness of the injustices of the occupying Israeli forces that control the oppressed people of Palestine. To end the boycott campaign, end the occupation of Palestinian land and stop the human rights abuses.

Global solidarity stands with the non-violent, human rights movement for continuing to advance the efforts of boycotts, divesting and sanctions, because their can be no excuse for the continuation of racial segregation, discrimination or the ongoing ethnic cleansing that targets Palestinians. Globally, the BDS movement is an effective means of economic warfare against the illegal Israeli settlements developed on the historic and ancestral homelands of the Palestinians.

[tritsofme]

4. Good news. I wish only bad things for BDS and their fringe anti-Semitic garbage.

[tammywammy]

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