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Palestinian Human Rights Activist Blasts BDS Supporters at Duke University
(Duke University Chronicle) Jazper Lu - Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid told a student group on Sunday that the top priorities for ordinary Palestinians are to survive and to secure education and health care for their children. "The majority of the Palestinians these days are people who are seeking dignity rather than identity." Contrary to what the Palestinian leadership thinks, he believes that the Abraham Accords were "very important," with UAE investment in Israel leading to the creation of jobs that will benefit Palestinians. Asked about the pro-Palestinian organizations that supported Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) or Israel Apartheid Week, he replied: "These people...have no problem from time to time to give a speech on behalf of the Palestinians. [But] they are using us. The BDS movement is people who used to be jobless and they found a job forever. If the Israeli-Palestine conflict [was] solved, all of the BDS members will be jobless." "What do the Palestinians benefit from BDS? Zero. Several factories in Israel have been closed, thousands of Palestinian workers have been thrown out from their jobs."