Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is an on-going campaign by some Palestinian and pro-Palestinian groups, calling for – well – boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel to nudge it towards the end of occupation and discrimination of Palestinians both within and beyond the green line. It has garnered some support internationally, and even among Israeli [...]
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My friend Rod wrote at length against a binational solution to the Jewish-Palestinian conundrum. He does not so much oppose the idea of binationalism, but rather has serious doubts about the availability of a route to binational salvation that does not travel through some horrendous gutters. I disagree with him. A route to binationalism does [...] On the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, some speak of a bi-national state as the optimal solution. In their vision, they see Israel-Palestine as a sort of Belgium or, to a lesser extent, Canada- a country where Jews and Palestinians co-exist under one democracy and lead their lives together happily and peacefully. Just recently the Palestinian chief [...] Personally, I really lost my patience with those so-called leftists who live in Israel, in 2009 (post assassinations, post “separation wall”, post “Cast lead”) and still refuse to lift their delicate necks and get their heads out of the warm, comforting swamp which is the symmetrical frame of thought. A person who thinks about the [...] 1. A few weeks ago, one of my friends asked me about the protests in Bil’in: Why do they continue? Haven’t the supreme court already ruled that the “separation wall” there should be taken down? Indeed, the Israeli court did acknowledge that the path of the wall near Bil’in was laid not based on security requirements [...] The military Captain1 declared loudly that the demonstration was “Illegal”, and asked the protesters to leave the scene. The protesters didn’t move. They have been demonstrating every weekend for years now, at the same place. There’s always an officer yelling that this is an illegal demonstration, and if they happen to get too close to [...] |
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