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shira

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6. Your strawman about "criticism" aside, the fear of BDS is that it incites attacks on Jews.....
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 03:36 PM
Jul 2016

We all know what BDS is about:

a) Demonization & incitement, not mere criticism of Israel. I can find criticism of Israeli policy in every single Israeli newspaper. We're not talking about mere criticism, but you already knew that. So cut out the BS about your opponents being against all criticism of Israel.

b) BDS is about 1-state, full right of return, destruction of Israel - misery & death for Jews under Hamas/PLO control. Anyone objective and honest knows that. The mere fact that no BDS'ers ever condemn Palestinian hate incitement & terror against Israeli innocents (let alone Hamas brutality against Gazans, Palestinian kids) goes to show that BDS isn't about human rights. It's a hate movement bent on destroying Israel and making life miserable for Jews. It's certainly not about making life better for Palestinians. But you already knew that.

You mentioned US involvement, but the US was behind the 2001 Clinton Parameters which the Palestinians rejected.

Olmert's 2008 offer was even better than the Clinton Parameters. That too was rejected.

The 1947 Partition Plan was even better than those & yet the Palestinians rejected it. Why? You damned well know why and I challenge you to admit why they rejected partition. Can you do that?

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