Thousands of children in Gaza have been admitted to hospitals for malnutrition, but even as they waste away, doctors’ options for treating them have been depleted.
Even if you don’t like their stance on some things, they provide very good information and actionable anti-Apartheid steps the average person can take. If you think one of their stances is counterproductive then just… don’t follow it. I’m certainly for cooperating with unequivocally anti-Apartheid Israelis, but for purely tactical reasons it makes sense for BDS to oppose it. As the leading anti-Zionist international organization they kind of do set the tone for anti-Zionist action, and it’s a lot easier to make a program more moderate than more radical.
Boycotting everything Israel also harms Palestinians.
Lemme reword that for you: “Boycotting South Africa also harms black Africans”. Do you see the problem now? Israel must not be allowed to use Palestinians’ economic security as a hostage against the international anti-Zionist movement; that’d basically mean giving up.
So consider this before you blindly support BDS. If you hate Israel and want to see it destroyed, sure go ahead. If you want peaceful coexistence, BDS is not the way.
As I said above even if you think they’re too radical or whatever at this stage of the anti-Zionist struggle anti-Zionist action will take the same form no matter where you ultimately want to end up. That aside, though, why the heck would I not want Israel gone? The prospect of peaceful coexistence with Israel is about as attractive as peaceful coexistence with Nazi Germany; dismantle that shit and build a real democracy in its place.
Even if you don’t like their stance on some things, they provide very good information and actionable anti-Apartheid steps the average person can take. If you think one of their stances is counterproductive then just… don’t follow it. I’m certainly for cooperating with unequivocally anti-Apartheid Israelis, but for purely tactical reasons it makes sense for BDS to oppose it. As the leading anti-Zionist international organization they kind of do set the tone for anti-Zionist action, and it’s a lot easier to make a program more moderate than more radical.
Lemme reword that for you: “Boycotting South Africa also harms black Africans”. Do you see the problem now? Israel must not be allowed to use Palestinians’ economic security as a hostage against the international anti-Zionist movement; that’d basically mean giving up.
As I said above even if you think they’re too radical or whatever at this stage of the anti-Zionist struggle anti-Zionist action will take the same form no matter where you ultimately want to end up. That aside, though, why the heck would I not want Israel gone? The prospect of peaceful coexistence with Israel is about as attractive as peaceful coexistence with Nazi Germany; dismantle that shit and build a real democracy in its place.
You will never get engagement when asking people defending Israel about South Africa or Rhodesia.
They will either ignore the question, or act confused why you’d being up ‘countries that don’t exist anymore’ in bad faith.