On Sat, 2019-07-27 at 09:07 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 10:21:18AM +0200, Ansgar wrote: > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > We need to have an open discussion about the political message that > > > this project decision sends, and how it affects the people within > > > our community who support the BDS (Boycott, Disinvestment, > > > Sanctions) movement against the policies of the Israeli Government, > > > all the while reiterating our support to the individual members of > > > the local organizing team, who are our peers in Debian. > > > > > > A campaign has been brewing for a few weeks, calling on the DebConf > > > Committee and the Debian Community to rescind the decision of > > > holding the project’s yearly conference in Israel. > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The BDS movement is widely described as antisemitic. Why should we > > care about it? > > Because the defenders of Israel's racist and genocidal policies describe > everyone that opposes them as antisemitic as a means of shutting down > legitimate criticism, and therefore something being "widely described" as > antisemitic tells you nothing about whether it is antisemitic, only about > whether it opposes some policy of the Israeli state.
The previous discussion on debconf-discuss@ gave me enough context; it pretty much looks like the antisemitic case here. See also the quote that was in my original mail; if that's what you want to defend... Ansgar
