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Boycott Israel Campaign Is Wrong
(Des Moines Register) David Adelman - Before his trip to Israel, Tshediso Mangope, a South African human rights activist, had been a dedicated advocate of a boycott of Israel. But seeing the complexity of the situation firsthand, and meeting the "many peace-loving Arab and Jewish people engaged in a process of finding peaceful ways of resolving the conflict," changed his mind. The boycott movement - widely known by the initials "BDS" - is a hate campaign. Its proponents don't believe that Israel has the right to exist in the first place. Out of nearly 200 states in the world, they select Israel as the only candidate for elimination. The boycotters say very clearly that the "occupation" began in 1948, when Israel was created. Israel could withdraw from the entire West Bank tomorrow and the boycotters would still find a reason to continue their malicious campaign. The writer is president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines.