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In reply to the discussion: German Teachers' Union Urges Total Boycott Of Israel [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)35. Calling for Israel's destruction is antisemitic. You said it yourself....
You agree with Amos Oz's argument.
The author of the GEW article calls for Palestinian right-of-return. Everyone knows that means the destruction of Israel. Even Mahmoud Abbas admitted this:
"On numbers of refugees, it is illogical to ask Israel to take 5 million, or indeed 1 million," Abbas said, according to the details of the Palestine papers. "That would mean the end of Israel."
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/abbas-deemed-it-illogical-for-israel-to-absorb-5-million-refugees-palestine-papers-show-1.338981
And here's the founder of BDS, Omar Barghouti...
I do not buy into the two state solution. It is not just pragmatically impossible, it was never a moral solution. The first issue would be the right of return, but if the refugees were to return you cannot have a two state solution like one Palestinian commentator remarked. You will have a Palestinian State next to a Palestinian State, rather than a Palestinian State next to Israel.
Omar Barghouti, Ottawa University, March 4, 2009
Omar Barghouti, Ottawa University, March 4, 2009
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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