https://www.jwire.com.au/one-hand/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Sat, 04 Oct 2014 05:45:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.jwire.com.au/one-hand/#comment-119658 Sat, 04 Oct 2014 05:45:44 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=46380#comment-119658 Michael Danby is right: BDS is immoral, counterproductive and destructive. It is singling out Israel for very special treatment in the Middle East area–Iran is close to getting nuclear capability to wipe Israel off the map; over 200,000 people have been killed in Syria recently with 3 million refugees. And a broad coalition including Arab nations are bombing IS who have issued fatwas to kill anybody they feel like with Allah’s blessing. I imagine Dr Svirsky and his co-walkers are equally supportive of the Greens political party’s policies on these issues though I would be rather surprised to see them walking against Iran, IS, Syria, etc.
I hope Dr Swirsky is not right that the Greens will ultimately single out Israel again for boycott. They would demonise gay friendly, democratic Israel where women are equal while at the same time they rail against real action against movements and countries that oppress women and gays and violate fundamental human rights. And in the case of IS involve themselves in beheadings, female genital mutilation, rapes and massacres.The Greens political party are blinded by their hatred of America and unfortunately Israel too.

]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/one-hand/#comment-119504 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 02:25:11 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=46380#comment-119504 In his favour, Michael Danby has not accused Marcello Svirsky of being anti-semitic or a self hating Jew but then he spoils things by discrediting Marcello’s achievement and insulting his intelligence and awareness. Mr Danby should be endorsing BDS as it is a non-violent way of getting Israel to comply with international law. It is no accident that it hits rock bottom in the world’s most hated country. Israel’s settlement building programme has been going non-stop since 1967 and has resulted in a Palestine so fragmented that it is highly unlikely that a two state solution is viable. Barghouti is corresct. It is well past time that Australia, the US and most European countries confronted Israel’s true game plan which is to expunge as many Palestinians as possible from the land. When Golda Meir spoke to Eshkol in 1967 she asked what would be done with 1 million Arabs in the newly acquired territory. Eshkol replied that we like the dowry but don’t like the bride!

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