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Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: German Teachers' Union Urges Total Boycott Of Israel [View all]Little Tich
(6,171 posts)44. I don't understand how those who are pro-Israel always seem to think that equal rights for
Palestinians is racist.
Giving equal rights to Palestinians won't remove any rights for Jews, unless you mean in the sense that removing the Jim Crow laws in the American South removed the rights of American Whites.
Could you be more specific on how giving Palestinians and Jews equal access to their ancestral homeland would somehow result in that that "right takes priority over any other rights anyone else may have."? Who would be discriminated against?
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Wow - I read the article in the OP twice, and I still have no idea what it's about.
Little Tich
Sep 2016
#4
Shouldn't be news to you as BDS is antisemitic. Illan Pappe supports cultural BDS....
shira
Sep 2016
#5
I'm going to wait until the actual GEW article becomes available before making conclusions about it.
Little Tich
Sep 2016
#6
It seems as if you're to bullshit me into accepting the hasbara version of events without a shred of
Little Tich
Sep 2016
#16
This seems to be a German debate about BDS where some participants are making statements that are
Little Tich
Sep 2016
#25
You should ask Christoph Glanz for a copy of the article in question. He's on Twitter.
shira
Sep 2016
#26
The letter urges a total boycott of Israel, just as JPost reported - correct? n/t
shira
Sep 2016
#30
So promoting the right for people to live in their ancestral homeland is racist? n/t
Little Tich
Sep 2016
#36
I don't understand how those who are pro-Israel always seem to think that equal rights for
Little Tich
Sep 2016
#44
You're proposing a world without borders, without sovereignty & self-determination....
shira
Sep 2016
#45
I still think that everyone has a right to live in their ancestral homeland.
Little Tich
Sep 2016
#46
There are millions of refugees in the world - are you suggesting that they have no right to return?
Little Tich
Sep 2016
#50