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Source: http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/17237698-95/my-turn-boycott-goal-is-to-dismantle-israel
Even a Limited Boycott of Israel Is Problematic
(Concord [NH] Monitor) Joseph S. Spoerl - Even a limited boycott of Israel's West Bank settlements is problematic. The two-state solution envisioned by the Oslo accords was based on the assumption that the larger Jewish communities just east of the 1949 armistice line, such as the ancient Jewish quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem and the Etzion Bloc, would be incorporated into Israel as part of any final peace treaty. Surely it is unfair to penalize Jews who wish to live in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem. Moreover, Israel has legitimate security interests in keeping control of the Jordan River valley and its adjacent high ground to prevent movement of terrorists and weapons into the West Bank, especially since Hamas and its Iranian supporters have openly stated their goal of arming their cadres in the West Bank. The writer is a professor in the Philosophy Department at Saint Anselm College.