As seen on Facebook...
"Well Fiona, I will say what I always say which is by all means go ahead an boycott, but do so without embracing or promoting BDS. .
Apart from that, I would remind people that whatever the international establishment may say, Palestinians have a legal and moral right to engage in armed resistance and it is armed resistance - rather than well intentioned people complaining that Israel should be a little nicer to Palestinians - which is the only reason why Palestinians were not already entirely vanquished decades ago.
When the establishment narrative keeps screaming that only a negotiated political solution can lead to progress, that should be a signal to genuine supporters of justice and Palestine that it is armed resistance which they fear the most; not because they care about the loss of innocent lives but rather because they know that anything they can do militarily by way of response, will always inevitably to greater problems and ultimately strengthen the cause. .
"Well Fiona, I will say what I always say which is by all means go ahead an boycott, but do so without embracing or promoting BDS. .
Apart from that, I would remind people that whatever the international establishment may say, Palestinians have a legal and moral right to engage in armed resistance and it is armed resistance - rather than well intentioned people complaining that Israel should be a little nicer to Palestinians - which is the only reason why Palestinians were not already entirely vanquished decades ago.
When the establishment narrative keeps screaming that only a negotiated political solution can lead to progress, that should be a signal to genuine supporters of justice and Palestine that it is armed resistance which they fear the most; not because they care about the loss of innocent lives but rather because they know that anything they can do militarily by way of response, will always inevitably to greater problems and ultimately strengthen the cause. .
I am certainly no proponent of armed conflict; but as we all know only too well, power gives up nothing without a fight. While there will always be a time for concessions and negotiations, that time is not now. It is absurd to go into contrived negotiations with an enemy which demands nothing less than full capitulation, by first conceding most of that enemy what seeks form the start; all the more so when this suicidal strategy is carried out from a position of relative weakness.
BDS not only denounces armed resistance and concedes Israels legitimacy within the 67 Green Line, but it also presumes to do so on behalf of Palestinians. That is pure lunacy.
Let us also not forget that Zionists are the masters of disingenuously using boycotts to their political advantage. How can we overlook the fact that while grass root Zionists organized a mass boycott of Nazi Germany in 1933, their leadership negotiated and for years honoured the Transfer Agreement with Nazi Germany while sabotaging their own boycott in order to protect that Agreement. They are perfectly capable of running a similar ruse with BDS which sees them win political advantage on the big issue of legitimacy while managing the short term economic downside which comes from the boycott and divest movement which, in any case, I believe is overstated. What is it about this and the foreign domination of BDS which is not apparent to people? Believe me, it gives me no pleasure to be at odds with what so many self professed Palestine supporters think about this, but how can I take any other view without being part of the problem rather than any part of a solution?"
BDS not only denounces armed resistance and concedes Israels legitimacy within the 67 Green Line, but it also presumes to do so on behalf of Palestinians. That is pure lunacy.
Let us also not forget that Zionists are the masters of disingenuously using boycotts to their political advantage. How can we overlook the fact that while grass root Zionists organized a mass boycott of Nazi Germany in 1933, their leadership negotiated and for years honoured the Transfer Agreement with Nazi Germany while sabotaging their own boycott in order to protect that Agreement. They are perfectly capable of running a similar ruse with BDS which sees them win political advantage on the big issue of legitimacy while managing the short term economic downside which comes from the boycott and divest movement which, in any case, I believe is overstated. What is it about this and the foreign domination of BDS which is not apparent to people? Believe me, it gives me no pleasure to be at odds with what so many self professed Palestine supporters think about this, but how can I take any other view without being part of the problem rather than any part of a solution?"