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Source: http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/24/don-t-boycott-israel.html
Don't Boycott Israel
(Newsweek) Jacob Weisberg - Supporters of a boycott of Israel seldom focus on China or Syria or Zimbabwe - regimes that systematically violate human rights. Boycotters are saying, "We consider your country so intrinsically reprehensible that we are going to treat all of your citizens as pariahs." Because Israel is a refuge for Jews persecuted everywhere else, this kind of existential challenge is hard to disassociate from anti-Semitism. When people are trying to murder you because of your religion, it is difficult to credit the bona fides of those who merely want to shun you because of your government.