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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/shimon-koffler-fogel/truth-myth-bds-movement_b_9384642.html
Truth vs. Myth in the BDS Movement
(Huffington Post-Canada) Shimon Koffler Fogel - Canada's House of Commons last month voted overwhelmingly (229 to 51) in support of a motion condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. Claims that the aims of BDS are consistent with Canada's official Middle East policy are fundamentally wrong. Canada does not call for a Palestinian "right of return" to Israel. It does call on Israel and its Arab neighbors, including the Palestinians, to reach peace through negotiations. According to UN Security Council Resolution 242 (which has long been the internationally accepted cornerstone of all Arab-Israeli peacemaking efforts), any Israeli withdrawal from land taken in the course of its self-defense during the 1967 war must occur only in the context of the Arabs/Palestinians providing recognition of Israel, secure and recognized boundaries, and the "termination of all claims or states of belligerency" against Israel. The writer is CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs of Canada's Jewish Federations.