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Related: About this forumGerman parliament declares Israel boycott campaign antisemitic
Source: The Guardian
German parliament declares Israel boycott campaign antisemitic
Israeli academics criticise motion, saying it is wrong to conflate BDS and antisemitism
Philip Oltermann in Berlin
Fri 17 May 2019 15.37 BST Last modified on Fri 17 May 2019 16.40 BST
Germanys Bundestag has become the first parliament in Europe to pass a motion labelling the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel as antisemitic.
The non-binding motion, passed on Friday afternoon, said the campaign to boycott Israeli artists and goods was reminiscent of the most terrible chapter in Germany history and triggered memories of the Nazis slogan Dont buy from Jews.
Brought to parliament by Angela Merkels Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its junior coalition partner, the Social Democrats, the liberal FDP and the Greens, the motion also noted a growing unease among Germanys Jewish community in the face of rising antisemitism.
According to figures published by the German interior ministryon Tuesday, antisemitic crime and hate crime rose by about 20% in 2018, to 1,800 incidents.
An open letter signed by 60 Israeli academics criticised the Bundestag motion, saying it formed part of an alarming trend of labelling supporters of Palestinian human rights as antisemitic.
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Israeli academics criticise motion, saying it is wrong to conflate BDS and antisemitism
Philip Oltermann in Berlin
Fri 17 May 2019 15.37 BST Last modified on Fri 17 May 2019 16.40 BST
Germanys Bundestag has become the first parliament in Europe to pass a motion labelling the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel as antisemitic.
The non-binding motion, passed on Friday afternoon, said the campaign to boycott Israeli artists and goods was reminiscent of the most terrible chapter in Germany history and triggered memories of the Nazis slogan Dont buy from Jews.
Brought to parliament by Angela Merkels Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its junior coalition partner, the Social Democrats, the liberal FDP and the Greens, the motion also noted a growing unease among Germanys Jewish community in the face of rising antisemitism.
According to figures published by the German interior ministryon Tuesday, antisemitic crime and hate crime rose by about 20% in 2018, to 1,800 incidents.
An open letter signed by 60 Israeli academics criticised the Bundestag motion, saying it formed part of an alarming trend of labelling supporters of Palestinian human rights as antisemitic.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/17/german-parliament-declares-israel-boycott-campaign-antisemitic
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German parliament declares Israel boycott campaign antisemitic (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2019
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no_hypocrisy
(48,782 posts)1. False equivalent/comparison
BDS targets insidious imperialism and apartheid disguised as Zionism. It is not against Jews for being Jews. We wouldn't have this discussion if Israel withdrew to it's pre-1967 borders and advocated for the UN proposal for a Palestinian state.
Mosby
(17,462 posts)2. a bold move by Germany
I hope others follow.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)3. In further news,
a group that wants to ban the use of concrete in construction has been labeled anti-cementic!
Whatever we do, let's not become the joke.