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The Intrinsic Anti-Semitism of BDS


(CAMERA) Ricki Hollander - The Palestinian BDS campaign calling for broad boycotts, divestment initiatives, embargoes and sanctions against Israel was launched in July 2005. The BDS movement promotes itself in terms of Palestinian human rights and justice, using the pretense that its campaign constitutes "non-violent" criticism of Israeli policy toward Palestinians. But the inherent anti-Semitic nature of the movement is evidenced by the anti-Jewish actions and hate rhetoric of the movement's leaders who justify, promote or themselves engage in violent rhetoric and, at times, even physical violence against Israelis, Jews, or Jewish supporters of Israel. BDS leaders have accused Israel of responsibility for Palestinian deaths that might arise from the Covid-19 virus, compared Zionists themselves to the coronavirus, and accused Israel and Jews of deliberately spreading the virus in order to kill non-Jews.
2020-06-05 00:00:00
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