"Do you have any boycotts of other countries in the world, Saudi Arabia for example, where Christianity is banned?" I asked.
"Almost certainly not," she said.
"So why have you singled out the Jewish state?" I asked.
"We have not singled out the Jewish state," she replied, saying that the boycott was not against Israel, merely against the occupied territories.
And so the conversation went on, going round and round in circles as Drew summoned up every ounce of conceivable pedantry to argue that singling out the policy of a particular country was substantially different from singling out the country itself, even though such a boycott applied to no other country or its policies.
"Don't you realize that you're joining a massive global campaign against Israel?" I asked.
"There isn't a campaign against Israel," she replied firmly. "It's not as simple as that."
Anna Drew
Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
I am married to Jim and live in Rochester, Kent. I'm a bit of a theologian and a complete film fanatic. I work for the British Methodist Church as Lead Media Officer, but please note that this is a personal blog and anything said here represents my opinion and not necessarily that of the Church. I am addicted to Holby City and Prison Break.
