2-8-2014 Sanctions against Israel: A campaign that is gathering weight | The Economist
http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21595948-israels-politicians-sound-rattled-campaign-isolate-their-country
Noteworthy because this is mainstream media.
"ONCE derided as the scheming of crackpots, the campaign for boycotts,
divestment and sanctions against Israel, widely known as BDS, is turning
mainstream. That, at any rate, is the fear of a growing number of
Israelis. Some European pension funds have withdrawn investments; some
large corporations have cancelled contracts; and the American secretary
of state, John Kerry, rarely misses a chance to warn Israel that efforts
to "delegitimise" and boycott it will increase if its government spurns
his efforts to conclude a two-state settlement of its conflict with the
Palestinians. Israel, says Yair Lapid, Israel's finance minister, is
approaching the same "tipping point" where South Africa found itself in
opposition to the rest of the world in the dying days of apartheid.
"Let's not kid ourselves," he told a conference of security boffins
recently in Tel Aviv. "The world listens to us less and less." For more
see link above.
Posted by Sam Bryan
Noteworthy because this is mainstream media.
"ONCE derided as the scheming of crackpots, the campaign for boycotts,
divestment and sanctions against Israel, widely known as BDS, is turning
mainstream. That, at any rate, is the fear of a growing number of
Israelis. Some European pension funds have withdrawn investments; some
large corporations have cancelled contracts; and the American secretary
of state, John Kerry, rarely misses a chance to warn Israel that efforts
to "delegitimise" and boycott it will increase if its government spurns
his efforts to conclude a two-state settlement of its conflict with the
Palestinians. Israel, says Yair Lapid, Israel's finance minister, is
approaching the same "tipping point" where South Africa found itself in
opposition to the rest of the world in the dying days of apartheid.
"Let's not kid ourselves," he told a conference of security boffins
recently in Tel Aviv. "The world listens to us less and less." For more
see link above.
Posted by Sam Bryan
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