Palestinian Leaders Blast BDS, Putting 4 Activists on Trial
Palestinian Leaders Blast BDS, Putting 4 Activists on Trial
by TheTower.org Staff | 05.30.14 3:52 pm
Veteran Palestinian journalist Khaled Abu Toameh reported today that the Palestinian Authority regards the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement as inimical to their interests.
In the West, BDS activists often present themselves as champions of the Palestinian cause. Ironically, many Palestinians don’t see them that way.
Abu Toameh writes:
For some PA officials, BDS is a movement that acts against the true interests of the Palestinians. They say that the actions of those promoting BDS make the Palestinians appear as if they are not interested in peace and coexistence with Israel. BDS activists in Ramallah have succeeded in preventing several planned meetings between Israelis and Palestinians in Ramallah and east Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Authority is also worried that BDS is harming the Palestinians’ relations with other countries. The most recent example of BDS efforts to damage Palestinians’ relations with friendly countries occurred a few weeks ago, when the “anti-normalization” activists tried to disrupt a performance by an Indian dance troupe in Ramallah.
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Than Abu Tomeh and at the same time Jewish spokesman for the Jews despite not being Jewish
Very active in the Jewish community , general , organized , Gay, Golah ,Zionist youth movement ,Jewish community .
Leaving that aside for a minute, there are several reasons. First, the foundation belief of the pro-Palestinian position is that the Jews of Israel don't have and didn't have a right to a state in Israel. That is a belief which you, I, and most Jews regard as antisemetic. So the entire Palestinian position as they argue it is antisemitic. That position is going to attract antisemites. But it is also going to attract the naïve, ignorant, foolish, and unthinking. Those people are going to parrot the slogans of the Palestinian cause without realizing what it is that they are saying. They are going to start thinking in terms of the Palestinian world view without realizing what they are thinking. And extremists by their nature are going to be antisemitic.
So what does right and left have to do with it? That's where I think it's important to understand what right and left mean. Here's how I define them. The left is that portion of the political spectrum which is dissatisfied with the existing order, and seeks to change or abolish it. The right is that part of the political spectrum which is satisfied with the existing order, and seeks to preserve it or roll back changes to it. The extreme left (the "Left" starts with the assumption that the existing order is affirmatively bad; for them the current civilization is something that must be done away with and replaced, either peacefully from within (Socialism) or by revolution (Communism). The extreme right (the "Right" wants to reverse significant evolutions of society that have become mainstream. If you want to reverse Obamacare, then you're a conservative. If you want to reverse Brown vs. Bd. of Education, then you're on the extreme Right.
The reason I mention this is that the Right is not comparable to the Left either in the scope of what it wants to do, nor in its influence over its less extreme spectrum mates, nor in its power over society. Since Israel is part of the existing order, the Left is going to see it as a target. Since Jewish belief is a fundamental building block of Western Civilization (which the Left thinks is bad), then it is going to be a target of the Left. The Left is inherently antisemitic; the Right not as much. Outside of the Arab middle east the majority of the meaningful antisemitism today comes from the Left, not the Right. How many how many people on the extreme Right do you know who teach at major Universities? Can anyone name even one? And if so does that person hold views that could be called antisemitic? but we both know that there are many Leftists teaching at universities. So while both extreme Right and Left are antisemitic to the extent of their extremism, the anti-Semitism of the Left is also inherent in the ideology and far more influential on the mainstream left of the political spectrum than the Right is influential on the right.