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Resolutions Advocating a Boycott of Israel
Surin, Kenneth
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/09/resolutions-advocating-a-boycott-of-israel/Date Written: 2017-01-09 Publisher: CounterPunch Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX20335 The Modern Language Association (MLA) Delegate Assembly voted in Philadelphia on two resolutions, for and against, of an academic boycott of Israel. Abstract: - Excerpt: Hence, it was said here that the boycott of Israel would hurt Palestinians more than Israelis, in exactly the way that apartheid supporters said the same on behalf of nameless and countless black South Africans. Palestinian civil society launched the boycott movement (BDS) and called for international support, in just the way that the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa called for an international boycott of their country. Both Palestinians and South African blacks said they were willing to make the concomitant sacrifices. Who are we to deny their request, unless we happen to be Zionists now or supporters of South African apartheid then? Subject Headings |