Posted on 06/04/2015 11:56:25 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Thousands of young people are now employed on campuses around the world, well financed and well organized, in an unprecedented effort that challenges the very legitimacy of Israel on every possible academic and economic front.
They call their movement: BDS – Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions.
Over the next few days, Mr. Sheldon Adelson and Mr. Haim Saban have called an emergency meeting of organizations concerned about BDS to answer two questions. ● From where does the finance and organizational support for BDS emanate? ● How can BDS be stopped?
The answers may be easier to ascertain than one would expectMost recently, official representatives of the Palestinian Authority, the PA, engaged in an international effort that almost booted Israel out of FIFA, the most prestigious international sporting association, a step which could have denied any Israel sports team from competing in any sports competition, anywhere in the world.
The direct involvement of the PA in this massive BDS activity revealed what had been known for years, which is that the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah organized the BDS “movement” in 2005. The BDS web site speaks for itself. http://www.bdsmovement.net/, It is no more than a front for the PA.
BDS has indeed fostered an image that makes it seem as if it is a spontaneous grass roots movement.
“BDS” sounds better to the modern ear than “boycott” or “blacklist”. Yet it does not take much research to discern that BDS is not listed anywhere as an independent organization, nor does BDS even hold or own a bank account, anywhere in the world. That is meant to foster the grass roots image, but the money involved has to come from somewhere.
BDS, in fact, acts as a subsidiary of the PA....
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there was this movie, set in world war 2, I think Brad Pitt was in it, the featured a band of commandos behind the lines, a bunch of misfit types, including this one big Jewish guy that used to wreak havoc on the Nazis with a baseball bat.do you think anything like that would be appropriate for these days with the pro Palestinian pukes ?
This explains why the bds’ers don’t bds the Palis who engage in apartheid.
As a student of a Catholic high school, the Sisters of Loretta taught me, I am pleased to be at an institution of higher education with such strong and celebrated Catholic and Jesuit traditions . . . You see, I got my Master's Degree at Notre Dame. (Boos.) I acquired a passion for the fighting Irish . . . and my family has been college educated and Presbyterian ever since. (Laughter and applause.) . . . I wandered into a course on international politics taught by a Czech refugee who specialized in Soviet studies, a man who had a daughter by the name of Madeleine Albright. With that one class, I was hooked. I discovered that my passion was Russia and all things Russian.
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It’s ‘caused’ by Soros, enacted by liberals and can be stopped with RICO charges, prison and executions.
Good collection of links there.
The world is gonna learn the hard way. They all think they know what they are doing.
They couldn’t be more wrong.
> It’s ‘caused’ by Soros, enacted by liberals and can be stopped with RICO charges, prison and executions.
A man like Soros cannot be stopped with court systems. He would just pay them all off. There is only one answer for Soros.
Every time I hear a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions story on TV or the radio, I buy something from Israel. They make great products. It’s time again.
Right on. Support the Girlcott. GIB (Girlcott, Investment, Bonuses).
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Not difficult. Go to the website of the Palestinian BDS National Committee . It's Palestinian.
WHAT IS BDS? In 2005, Palestinian civil society issued a call for a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights. A truly global movement against Israeli Apartheid is rapidly emerging in response to this call.
Americans could go to the Office of Antiboycott Compliance (OAC) and learn that there are severe penalties for American firms or individuals who cooperate with foreign boycotts, the purpose being
require U.S. firms to refuse to participate in foreign boycotts that the United States does not sanction. They have the effect of preventing U.S. firms from being used to implement foreign policies of other nations which run counter to U.S. policy.
The Arab boycott of Israel is specifically mentioned.
One might wonder, if it's illegal to cooperate with the Arab boycott, why not the Palestinian boycott. Well, the administration would have to determine that BDS runs counter to US foreign policy, and refuse to sanction the boycott. Commerce enforces the law, but this would be done by the White House or State. Needless to say neither Obama, nor Hillary, nor Kerry feel the boycott is counter to US foreign policy, thus the law doesn't apply. Given the fact that dozens of individual states are proposing legislation countering BDS, probably impinging on the administration's ability to conduct foreign policy, at some point this could become a political issue. The first state to act, Illinois, hardly a hotbed of anti-Obama sentiment. Perhaps Obama can sic the Justice Dept. on Illinois. Congress will likely be acting soon, Obama can just veto that.
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