BDS goals, and nature
BDS campaign a prelude to genocide DEVIN SPER May 14, 2014 Updated May 14, 2014 As the recent decision by the American Studies Association to boycott Israel shows, academic and other groups are buying into the anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement in growing numbers. Like most such organizations, the ASA imagines it is taking a moral stand and is almost certainly unaware of the ultimate goal of the movement’s Palestinian organizers, for whom the campaign to delegitimize Israel is not an end unto itself. As Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu wrote: “Slander is the prelude to murder.” Israel’s enemies demonize Israel as a necessary prelude to her annihilation. Stated simply, their goal is genocide. What, after all, does Hamas intend in calling for the “obliteration” of Israel, in its charter? Aren’t the continual chants of “Death to Israel” by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and his supporters a call for genocide? What else does former Iranian President Ahmedinijad...