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In reply to the discussion: Strong signs of anti-semitism in the BDS movement [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)42. BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti rejects Gaza ceasefire, sides w/ Hamas
http://www.odsg.org/co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3087:palestinians-totally-united-in-rejecting-egypts-pro-israel-proposal-for-ceasefire&catid=31:general&Itemid=41
NEW DELHI: The Palestinians have rejected the Egyptian proposal fr a ceasefire. The opposition is not restricted to Hamas that has of course made the first categorical announcement but to all shades of Palestinian opinion that feel it calls for complete surrender of the Palestinian resistance.
Omar Barghouti who is a human rights activist the founding committee member of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Campaign against Israel told The Citizen from Ramallah that, the so called Egyptian proposal, which is clearly a US-Israeli proposal with Egyptian packaging, reflects Israels predicament in its current bloody aggression on the besieged and occupied Gaza strip. The proposal is largely seen by Palestinian society as a lifeline thrown to save Israel after its failure to achieve any of its declared political objectives from the assault.
Israel instead has lost public opinion across the world with massive demonstrations on its attack on innocent Palestinians reported from across the globe. As Barghouti said, Israels current massacre in Gaza is premeditated, calculated and accurately executed to mete out severe pain on the 1.7 million Palestinians who live in that huge prison camp. That is not surprising, given Israels record of state terrorism.
NEW DELHI: The Palestinians have rejected the Egyptian proposal fr a ceasefire. The opposition is not restricted to Hamas that has of course made the first categorical announcement but to all shades of Palestinian opinion that feel it calls for complete surrender of the Palestinian resistance.
Omar Barghouti who is a human rights activist the founding committee member of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Campaign against Israel told The Citizen from Ramallah that, the so called Egyptian proposal, which is clearly a US-Israeli proposal with Egyptian packaging, reflects Israels predicament in its current bloody aggression on the besieged and occupied Gaza strip. The proposal is largely seen by Palestinian society as a lifeline thrown to save Israel after its failure to achieve any of its declared political objectives from the assault.
Israel instead has lost public opinion across the world with massive demonstrations on its attack on innocent Palestinians reported from across the globe. As Barghouti said, Israels current massacre in Gaza is premeditated, calculated and accurately executed to mete out severe pain on the 1.7 million Palestinians who live in that huge prison camp. That is not surprising, given Israels record of state terrorism.
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"Groups like this say they stand for justice, but they really stand for prejudice."
King_David
Oct 2014
#1
This incident provided the BDS movement with a great opportunity to reject anti-semitism
oberliner
Oct 2014
#2
can you give us a link to that statement? I would think people might beinterested in reading it n/t
azurnoir
Oct 2014
#11
Thanks.* BDS South Africa must state clearly that while we will condemn such actions, we are not
Jefferson23
Oct 2014
#17
We trust that Woolworths and other Apartheid Israel sympathisers will not try derail media
azurnoir
Oct 2014
#18
Because it was a racist act of hatred against Jews. The BDS response was timid & weak...
shira
Feb 2015
#83
If they condemn the attack, what difference does it make whether they use the word "antisemitism"?
Ken Burch
Feb 2015
#76
They condemned the attack. What difference does it make what wording they used?
Ken Burch
Feb 2015
#75
must really be an signifigant event 2nd thread you've run why didn't you just kick the original?
azurnoir
Oct 2014
#10
so a single incident in an South African retail store sums up a global movement for you?
azurnoir
Oct 2014
#13
A propaganda video intended to be posted to a discussion group about propaganda, yes
Scootaloo
Oct 2014
#30
I'm very happy that more people are interested in Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2014
#44
BDS hero Ben White dreams; by “bloodshed & sweat of martyrs”, Palestine will be free
shira
Jan 2015
#59
BDS cheerleaders of Gaza 2014 war, defending Hamas rejection of all ceasefires....
shira
Jan 2015
#70
I don't like false accusations. I don't like to see people of good will slandered.
Ken Burch
Feb 2015
#81
"I mean we have to be honest, and I loathe the disingenuousness. They don't want Israel."
shira
Jun 2015
#103
How do you fit 5 million Jews in a car? "In the ashtray" sez Madrid's new, pro-BDS culture czar.
shira
Jun 2015
#107
BDS darling Rania Khalek (Mondoweiss) attempts to justify terror attacks vs. settlers
shira
Aug 2015
#109
I ask my question to Israeli Arab MK visiting London through a torrent of abuse.
shira
Jan 2016
#121
NYU's Students for Justice In Palestine blames Israel for Sterling, Castille murders...
shira
Jul 2016
#122
It's funny how you caution people about sources, and then cite Wikipedia as if its legitimate
oberliner
Jul 2016
#131
The word "Intifada" is a general term that has been used in other contexts than Palestine.
Little Tich
Jul 2016
#132