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In reply to the discussion: Strong signs of anti-semitism in the BDS movement [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)48. No BDS-SA, Leila Khaled is not the Mother Theresa of airplane hijackers
Last edited Sun Jan 18, 2015, 08:46 PM - Edit history (1)
Poor BDS SA. Once again they are running for cover now that their intention to host convicted terrorist Leila Khaled has exposed their true motives. Finding themselves in a corner, they are grasping at every possible straw to get out of it.South African citizens across the board are outraged over BDS's tacit endorsement of global terror by inviting to South Africa someone whose main claim to fame is having been involved in two plane hijackings (in 1969 and 1970). BDS SA would have everyone believe that Khaled is truly misunderstood and (as claimed by one of its spokespeople on POWA FM this week) wished no harm to the many hostages taken; she was really quite lovely to them and wished them no harm.
Indeed, Leila Khaled is being positioned by BDS SA as `The Mother Theresa of hijackers'. What they fail to share is that when she was arrested she was carrying two grenades, one of which she had already pulled the pin out of. They also fail to comprehend that the act of forcing a plane to land and then taking innocent civilians against their will as hostages is an act of violence. It is thanks to the Leila Khaleds of the world that we experience the stringent security check at airports and that we all travel with a pit at the bottom of our stomachs....
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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