(Jewish Group) NGO distributes pamphlets on Israeli products to be boycotted

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3. Actually, Yes. I did read the article.

Not once does it use the words "Jewish Products." It uses the term Zionist rather freely. Not all Zionists are Jewish. In fact, there are a good many Evangelical Christians who are Zionists.

Since Israel claims to be a Jewish state then one cannot be offended when others also use the term Israeli and Jewish interchangeably. To any person reading the article I think the use of the phrase "Zionist regime" would clearly indicate Israel and its Netenyahu-led government. Also the phrase "...God willing, if we persist, we can cripple their economy..." clearly refers to the nation of Israel and not to individual Jews around the globe. It refers to a regime that many find to be brutal and ruthless with respect to the Palestinians. It does not call out Jews as an ethnic group that should be shunned. It calls out a regime that many are denouncing for its actions in Gaza and the West Bank.


You completely ignored my questions about whether it is okay to propose a boycott on a country that bombs hospitals, schools and the water supply of a people. It is quite clear from statements by the far-right Likud members that they have no intention of allowing Palestinians to exist. They clearly wish to push them into the seas or into oblivion.

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Criticism of the actions of the Israeli government does not equal anti-Semitism any more than criticism of the US government equals being a traitor.