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"AW: I am a big supporter of BDS. I frankly think that it is the best, absolutely the best way, because the Israeli government and people really love commerce and making money and so anything that interferes with that will get their attention at least." It is problematic that "leftists" find this problematic. Any time Israel's greed and usurpation of resources is rightfully condemned it is immediately reduced to some kind of anti-Semitic canard. "The Israel Lobby is too powerful" -- this is the canard about Jews controlling the world! "The US media is biased toward Israel and employs Zionist lobbyists" -- this is the canard about Jews controlling the media! "American financial establishments send billions to Israel in investment" -- this is the canard about Jews controlling the banks! "Jews in the United States are extroardinarily privileged and over-represented in all elite institutions" -- this is the canard about Jews controlling America! "Israel murdered over 500 children last summer" -- this is a blood libel against the Jews! Virtually every condemnation of Israel, the American Jewish community, Zionism, its lobby, etc can easily be reduced to some sort of chauvinistic anti-Jewish remark. Stop the witch-hunt. Alice said nothing wrong. - Amith On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 12:20 PM, MM via Marxism <[email protected] > wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > On 08 Feb 2015, at 6:32 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/alice-walker-disinvited-university-michigan-over-israel-comments > > I don’t think Walker deserves to be singled out for attack, but she has > not always been the most unproblematic ally to the Palestinian people - for > instance when she made these remarks in an interview with Hanan Chehata for > Middle East Monitor a few years ago: > > "HC: What lessons can the Palestinians learn from the South African > struggle and the American Civil Rights movement in terms of how to succeed > in their own struggle? Is Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) the right > way to go forward, for example? > > "AW: I am a big supporter of BDS. I frankly think that it is the best, > absolutely the best way, because the Israeli government and people really > love commerce and making money and so anything that interferes with that > will get their attention at least." > > From: > https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/resources/interviews/3104-alice-walker-qgoing-through-israeli-checkpoints-is-like-going-back-in-time-to-american-civil-rights-struggleq > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/amithrgupta%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
