I am old enough to recall many attempts by peacniks to make a peaceful co-existyence between Arabs and Jews in Israel and adjoing areas. Alas, the hard right in Israel and the Palestinians both continue to resort to and refer to "biblical" claims of exist of these lands rather than the reality that the UN in for both peoples the right to have own nation.
Now in the U.S., we have such things going on. Fact: a recent poll showed that 40% Muslims support Hamas.
Yes, and the persistent intransigence of the Palestinians and their refusal to live in peace only adds more fuel to the Israeli far right (and in way who can blame the Israelis for this--if people tell you for a century that they want to destroy you, and they repeatedly attack you and attempt to do so, wouldn't most other groups of people do the same or worse?)
Thanks, another great Drop. BDS is a hate movement, they don't care about actually helping real Palestinians. They just use them as pawns with which to demonize Israel.
I remember several years ago there was a similar incident where BDS attacked Soda Stream over having a factory that gave good paying jobs to many Palestinians in the West Bank. They eventually forced soda stream to close that factory, which then put those Palestinians out of work. That is not what the Palestinian workers actually wanted--there were actually video interviews with them saying they liked working at the soda stream factory and they loved Scarlett Johansson (who had done an ad for soda stream). BDS only hurt those people, but they don't care (just like Hamas doesn't care about Gazans hurt in the war that Hamas started--and of course your olive oil friend trying to peacefully coexist would have been one of the first people murdered by the Palestinian terrorists on Oct 7).
I heard Yossi Klein Halevi put it well a long time ago (he puts everything well). He said something like BDS uses a nonviolent method (i.e. boycott) to achieve a violent goal (i.e., the destruction of Israel).
I was going to write about Soda Stream, but apparently there were other factors that caused them to move out of the WB, not just BDS. Cost, for example. BDS wasn't the whole picture, but Soda Stream is always the go-to example for how BDS fails. I'm sure it's both reasons.
What a hopeful and educational Drop! Women are the school of the children, empowering women, that whole section is so relevant, important - what a wonderful organization. Boo to the coop. People jump on a boycott bandwagon and don’t even know the story behind anything. Boycott blindness is a shame and is not going to do anything but disclose ignorance - this Drop, this interview, this is what matters. I’m going to go share this now. One of your best!
I am old enough to recall many attempts by peacniks to make a peaceful co-existyence between Arabs and Jews in Israel and adjoing areas. Alas, the hard right in Israel and the Palestinians both continue to resort to and refer to "biblical" claims of exist of these lands rather than the reality that the UN in for both peoples the right to have own nation.
Now in the U.S., we have such things going on. Fact: a recent poll showed that 40% Muslims support Hamas.
boycott their boycott.
Yes, and the persistent intransigence of the Palestinians and their refusal to live in peace only adds more fuel to the Israeli far right (and in way who can blame the Israelis for this--if people tell you for a century that they want to destroy you, and they repeatedly attack you and attempt to do so, wouldn't most other groups of people do the same or worse?)
Bravo. Nice Drop, Miranda! Love it.
Thanks so much for reading!
Thanks, another great Drop. BDS is a hate movement, they don't care about actually helping real Palestinians. They just use them as pawns with which to demonize Israel.
I remember several years ago there was a similar incident where BDS attacked Soda Stream over having a factory that gave good paying jobs to many Palestinians in the West Bank. They eventually forced soda stream to close that factory, which then put those Palestinians out of work. That is not what the Palestinian workers actually wanted--there were actually video interviews with them saying they liked working at the soda stream factory and they loved Scarlett Johansson (who had done an ad for soda stream). BDS only hurt those people, but they don't care (just like Hamas doesn't care about Gazans hurt in the war that Hamas started--and of course your olive oil friend trying to peacefully coexist would have been one of the first people murdered by the Palestinian terrorists on Oct 7).
I heard Yossi Klein Halevi put it well a long time ago (he puts everything well). He said something like BDS uses a nonviolent method (i.e. boycott) to achieve a violent goal (i.e., the destruction of Israel).
I was going to write about Soda Stream, but apparently there were other factors that caused them to move out of the WB, not just BDS. Cost, for example. BDS wasn't the whole picture, but Soda Stream is always the go-to example for how BDS fails. I'm sure it's both reasons.
I know them! My Taglit trip had a stop in Kafr Kanna to visit Sindyanna’s olive oil factory, which also houses a small museum.
What a hopeful and educational Drop! Women are the school of the children, empowering women, that whole section is so relevant, important - what a wonderful organization. Boo to the coop. People jump on a boycott bandwagon and don’t even know the story behind anything. Boycott blindness is a shame and is not going to do anything but disclose ignorance - this Drop, this interview, this is what matters. I’m going to go share this now. One of your best!