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Israel/Palestine

Little Tich

(6,171 posts)

5. I've never supported Barghouti's BDS, simply because I don't believe Israel should be boycotted.

Reply to shira (Reply #3)

Tue May 31, 2016, 06:34 AM

May 2016

I do, however, support boycotting the Apartheid in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. I regularly buy Israeli products, but I stay clear of products from the settlements.

Now, the OP: Flanagan is specifically referring to Barghouti as not doing anything illegal - nothing else.

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Irish FM: BDS is a 'legitimate political viewpoint' [View all] Little Tich May 2016 OP

I can see how the Irish FM would feel that way 6chars May 2016 #1

There you have it. King_David May 2016 #2

Flanagan is a member of the Oireachtas Friends of Israel parliamentary group. Little Tich May 2016 #7

Flanagan is specifically referring to Omar Barghouti's BDS, which you presumably support.... shira May 2016 #3

I've never supported Barghouti's BDS, simply because I don't believe Israel should be boycotted. Little Tich May 2016 #5

That's all you disagree with when it comes to Barghouti? shira May 2016 #6

Funny, I distincty remember proving conclusively to you that there's Apartheid in the West Bank and Little Tich May 2016 #8

You had no clue how to respond to the fact that Israeli Arabs... shira May 2016 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars May 2016 #10

Yes they can, so there goes THAT argument. n/t shira May 2016 #11

Yes, they can, but it takes a long time, and only about half of the applications are successful. Little Tich May 2016 #15

So a political system where one ethnic group has no civil rights whatsoever, Little Tich May 2016 #17

Israeli Arabs are the same ethnicity as Palestinian Arabs. shira May 2016 #18

So your spurious claim that there are Israeli Arabs living as settlers and working in the Little Tich May 2016 #20

There are Israeli Arabs living in E.Jerusalem who have become citizens... shira May 2016 #22

Mount Scopus, French Hill? Little Tich Jun 2016 #24

Weak sauce. Every Israeli Arab & Jew in EJ & the WB has equal rights to everything. shira Jun 2016 #25

Any Irish company participating will lose investment from most King_David May 2016 #4

So the Irish FM is a twit. aranthus May 2016 #12

The BDS movement breaks nearly every single example of Antisemitism.... shira May 2016 #13

According to that definition, most of my posts are "anti-Semitic" too... Little Tich May 2016 #16

That's according to all liberal nations that have adopted the definition.... shira May 2016 #19

1. Yes, we know. Fozzledick May 2016 #21

What a 'legitimate political viewpoint' might look like. Fozzledick May 2016 #14

Or not. n/t Little Tich Jun 2016 #23