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Little Tich

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2. Interestingly, I don't really know if either Barghouti or Berlin are actually anti-Semites or what
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:07 PM
Aug 2016

their connection is to BDS.

Perhaps BDS and the BDS Movement are two different things, because I see no problem with boycotting companies and organizations that promote Apartheid, and I can't see how that would be intrinsically anti-Semitic. While there are people who support BDS because they're anti-Semites, they have different reasons for doing so than the rest, who support BDS because they're opposed to Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

If Barghouti or Berlin were indeed proven to be anti-Semites, it would be better if they stopped promoting BDS. Interestingly, I can't see how promoting the right of return to the Palestinian refugees is anti-Semitic in any way. It's the right of all refugees, isn't it?

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