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Source: http://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bds-is-a-dismal-failure
BDS Is a Dismal Failure
(Toronto Sun-Canada) Michael Mostyn - The anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement has entered a critical downward spiral in Canada. During the past two years, BDS has been forcefully rejected by students at the University of Waterloo, University of Toronto, McGill University, and the University of British Columbia. Far from being anti-racist, BDS is the definition of racism. To boycott an entire nationality of people - including athletes, artists and professors - because of political disagreements with their government is clearly bigoted and counter-productive. The hard reality is that the BDS movement is not motivated by a sincere desire to make things better for Palestinians, but rather a perverse drive to make things worse for Israelis and Jews. The writer is the chief executive officer of B'nai Brith Canada.