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Posted By hyperbola 1 year ago in NewsFor 100 years, nonviolent protest has been a major component of Palestinian resistance to zionist crimes against humanity. More and more of the world is joining in sanctions on Israel and zionism.
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1-2-Oscar1 year ago
There are boycotts, and there are boycotts: what sort of boycott will it take to persuade Israel to modify its repressive and genocidal policies vis-a-vis the Palestinian peoples?
When the word "boycott" is used, one immediately thinks of a campaign to economically isolate the targeted society (in this case, Israel). the problem is that an economic boycott of Israel would quickly become a disaster for the Palestinians who suffer under that nation's control. As precious resources become scarcer (presumably a consequence of any concerted economic boycott), the Israelis will reserve these resources to the exclusive use of the Jewish population, and cut off the Palestinians entirely. Thus, a well-intentioned boycott in support of Palestinian freedoms would instead have the effect of exposing them to even more intense deprivation. We need to go carefully into this, lest we be indirectly responsible for starving Palestinian children under the guise of helping them.
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1-2-Oscar1 year ago
The author is a member of an organization called the "Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)." An academic and cultural boycott of Israel is a method of expressing world disgust with the cruelty and injustice inflicted by the Israelis upon the Palestinians, without the immediate consequence of bringing physical harm to the people we want to help. That seems to me a very good idea.
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Thinker221 year ago
> There are boycotts, and there are boycotts: what sort of boycott will it take to persuade Israel to modify its repressive and genocidal policies vis-a-vis the Palestinian peoples?
No boycott will persuade Israel to commit a national suicide. On the other hand, if the Palestinian people and their leaders will modify THEIR policies, will stop violence and will negotiate a peace agreement Israeli policies will change accordingly.
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