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procon

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3. What an odd, biased and unilateral perception of events.
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 09:20 AM
Jul 2016

There's no objective discussion about the military occupation, retaliation, and the embargo of Palestine, or the segregation of economic, academic, humanitarian and business efforts. There's also no mention of Israel's appropriation of lands, water and other natural resources, and agricultural areas.

The author puts forth the absurd rationalization that Israel cannot possible be labeled "illegitimate colonialist state" because history put them in the area... along with many Arab peoples, so by that logic, the people of Palestine have the right to a similar entitlement.

Curiously, this lopsided pean to state sponsored discrimination and injustice, claims that "BDS has failed", but they can only point to "investments" to justify that claim. Evidently BDS is having a significant impact in every other aspect, enough to prompt this hastily writ denial in an effort to squelch the loud condemnation coming from the far more punitive court of public opinion.

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