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shira

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7. German-wide teachers union says BDS anti-Semitic

Tue Sep 6, 2016, 05:05 PM

Sep 2016

http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/German-wide-teachers-union-says-BDS-anti-Semitic-467025

“With the publication of this article from the field of the so-called BDS campaign, we made a big mistake,“ Heinz Bührmann, chairman of the of Education and Science Workers’ Union (GEW) in Oldenburg, wrote on Monday. The local union’s parent-teacher organization termed BDS “anti-Semitic” on its Twitter feed.

Even in the original Deutsche, BDS is antisemitic.

In German...

http://oldenburg.gewweserems.de/2016/09/die-gew-ist-eine-demokratische-und-antirassistische-organisation/

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German Teachers' Union Urges Total Boycott Of Israel [View all] Purveyor Sep 2016 OP

I understand this group also has a theme song COLGATE4 Sep 2016 #1

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So much for the notion here BDS doesn't boycott Israel, only settlements. shira Sep 2016 #3

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

German-wide teachers union says BDS anti-Semitic shira Sep 2016 #7

I would still like to see the original article. Little Tich Sep 2016 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Sep 2016 #9

The Päd-OL seems to be a printed publication. Little Tich Sep 2016 #10

Your denial given the evidence is pathetic. n/t shira Sep 2016 #11

So what do you think GEW's chairman Buhrmann's point was in that retraction? shira Sep 2016 #12

We can only speculate. Little Tich Sep 2016 #13

Bullshit, see post #14 below. You defend the indefensible, deny the obvious. shira Sep 2016 #15

Here is the text from my copy of the original paper publication 6chars Sep 2016 #14

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

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I knew it! Little Tich Sep 2016 #18

Another German article for you to deny... shira Sep 2016 #21

All these contradictory statements make my head spin... Little Tich Sep 2016 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Sep 2016 #23

Amazing how we Zionists can control the German Press & Parliament, isn't it? shira Sep 2016 #24

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

This message was self-deleted by its author Little Tich Sep 2016 #28

Here's the original German article Tich wants to see... shira Sep 2016 #27

Darn. You beat me to it... Little Tich Sep 2016 #29

The letter urges a total boycott of Israel, just as JPost reported - correct? n/t shira Sep 2016 #30

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He would make his grandfather proud. Then again... shira Sep 2016 #33

The JPost strongly insinuated that the GEW article was anti-Semitic. Little Tich Sep 2016 #32

Every German opposing the GEW article makes clear it's Antisemitic... shira Sep 2016 #34

Calling for Israel's destruction is antisemitic. You said it yourself.... shira Sep 2016 #35

So promoting the right for people to live in their ancestral homeland is racist? n/t Little Tich Sep 2016 #36

As Abbas & Barghouti honestly acknowledged, a full RoR would destroy Israel. shira Sep 2016 #37

First let's be clear about what you're promoting. aranthus Sep 2016 #40

Norm Finkelstein of all people echoes what you're saying, Aranthus.... shira Sep 2016 #41

Yes, but I'd like to get Tich to admit that that is what he is promoting. n/t aranthus Sep 2016 #42

Good luck with that as there's no other explanation for full RoR.... shira Sep 2016 #43

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

That's nice. So 5 million US Jews decide to flood the W.Bank, okay? shira Sep 2016 #47

Israel has already caused a de facto one-state solution. Little Tich Sep 2016 #49

You realize how silly your position is...a huge overnight demographic shift shira Sep 2016 #53

Why? aranthus Sep 2016 #48

There are millions of refugees in the world - are you suggesting that they have no right to return? Little Tich Sep 2016 #50

So you don't have an answer other than your personal feeling? n/t aranthus Sep 2016 #51

In essence, yes. Little Tich Sep 2016 #52

Leading BDS activist: Move Israel to Germany shira Sep 2016 #38

The JPost article is just another dump of hasbara. Little Tich Sep 2016 #39

That sure is some voodoo that you do so well. See #19 & #21 below. shira Sep 2016 #20

German MPs call on teachers’ union to denounce anti-Semitic BDS campaign shira Sep 2016 #19