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Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/barnard-israel-warped-campus-vote-article-1.3944252
The Logic of the BDS Movement Is Anti-Semitic
(New York Daily News) Editorial - The BDS movement, which wages economic war against Israel via boycotts, divestment and sanctions, was founded by men committed to extinguishing the world's only Jewish state. By targeting the Jewish homeland for isolation for alleged human-rights abuses, while ignoring far more pervasive sins across the Arab and Muslim world, its logic is anti-Semitic. And along the way, many people of good will have been duped into becoming unwitting followers in this virulent campaign. Barnard College students voted 2-to-1 last week to ask their student government to urge the college to divest from eight companies involved with Israel. While it is more than fair game to criticize Israel, its leaders and its policies, it is beyond odious to cast as an aggressor a democracy that seeks to coexist with its neighbors and protect itself from hostile forces including Hamas and Hizbullah. Barnard College's sick timing of its vote, which comes just as Israel celebrates its 70th birthday, cheers the BDS forces.