The
Irish parliament has recently put into motion, a bill that bans all
Israeli goods and services, including Irish companies dealing with
Israel, imposing heavy fines on those who engage business-wise with
the Arpartied State. The #BDS (Boycott, Sanction, Divest) movement
has been active and strong for years in Ireland. Israel has been
violating international law, ignoring UN resolutions, and since 2017,
have ratchet-up illegal settlements – kidnapping Palestinian
children, murdering journalists and blocking humanitarian aid into
Gaza. By any standard, Israel is committing blatant war crimes
against humanity in the most foul ways, while naming those who stand
up to them, anti-Semites.
This
is simply wrong.
One
major reason why Israel is getting away with murder, is Netanyahu's
right wing fascist government is seamlessly aligned with the current
Trump administration. The US opening their embassy in Jerusalem in
2017, essentially tells the world community: “Where with Israel.
And we as a country are exceptional, fighting for peace and
democracy.” And as many understand, this is utter propaganda to
justify regime change and perpetual war. That said, is calling the
#BDS movement anti-Semitic an accurate characterization of its goals
and values?
In
a word, no.
There
are Jewish communities around the planet who support #BDS, because
they do not want to be affiliated with a fascist Israeli party, that
is currently performing a slow form of systematic genocide of the
Palestinian people. Pointing out crimes against humanity is not
anti-Semitic, but consciously a must, in the light of the on-going
massacre of an entire race.
Just
over 40 years ago, the planet began to boycott South Africa as an
Apartheid State. Over time it worked, and the indigenous people of
South Africa came out from under this oppression, and began to rule
the nation. Cultural heroes such as Nelson Mandela came into view,
revealing that peace will conquer oppression, if given half a chance.
The same should go for Israel.
There
is only so many times that these right wing fascists can scream
antisemitism before it lacks all meaning.
#BDS
is not against the JEW, it is against an apartheid regime in the
process of destroying an entire race of people: Palestinians.
Boycott,
Sanction and Divest the current Israeli regime, and leave the the
world's Jews out of it.
They're
not the same.
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