Terror ties of BDS backers revealed

Arutz Sheva ^ | 26/4/16 | David Rosenberg

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While the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has done little to hide its malicious anti-Israel hatred, the movement hitherto has succeeded in maintaining the appearance of legitimacy, presenting itself as the peaceful alternative to terrorism.

Despite rhetoric which pro-Israel activists have noted signals a rejection of Jewish statehood per se and draws upon the kind of terrorist propaganda disseminated by Hamas and the PLO, no clear link tying BDS to supporters of terror organizations could be found.

Last week, however, a former terrorism finance analyst for the US Treasury Department offered testimony to congress suggesting connections between the BDS movement and supporters of the Hamas terror group.

Jonathan Schanzer, who worked for the US Treasury Department from 2004 to 2007 monitoring terrorist funding, spoke before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee last Tuesday regarding the ties between the BDS movement and terror fundraisers including the now defunct Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.

Schanzer noted that three prominent Islamic organizations – the Holy Land Foundation, the Islamic Association for Palestine, and the KindHearts for Charitable Development – had been prosecuted and eventually shut down after serving as fronts for the Hamas terror group.

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Surprised?

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The BDS “movement” was a sham from the get go. I hope all those precious snowflakes on college campuses pushing for this one day realize they sided with terrorists who murdered children.

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To some that’s a plus.

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The United Methodist Church has BDS’d its pension fund from Israeli banks. I’d hate to know that my pension fund was persecuting Jews...

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I believe certain Methodist pastors were furious over that decision to divest from Israel.

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I’m sure there were some. I’d like to know what the UMC got out of that deal.