Articles related to the so called "Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions" movement.
This grew out of aspects of the United Nations Durban conference in 2001 which was widely see to be highly focused on Anti-semitic attacks on Israel. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Conference_against_Racism_2001#The_NG... for some background. The conference secretary-general, Mary Robinson, is quoted to have said "it was an extremely difficult conference. That there was horrible anti-Semitism present - particularly in some of the NGO discussions. A number people came to me and said they've never been so hurt or so harassed or been so blatantly faced with an anti-Semitism."[See her interview with the BBC at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/forum/1673034.stm].
Sadly, it seems many people are caught up in supporting what is essentially an anti-semitic cause through failing to properly understand and assess things they are told about Israel when they joing the "BDS Movement".
For an insight into the movement, feel free to conduct your own searches on YouTube and other sites to hear their arguments. Then take time to weigh and consider what is being said and contrast with other examples, such as your own country. For many of the arguments to stand up, we would need to be in a world where many [or even most] countries would be operating economic and cultural sanactions against each other all the time.
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