Israeli Time for the SOUTH AFRICAN Apartheid Treatment Omar Barghouti PACBI
Iman …
Reminiscent Racism
Relative Humans
From Soweto to Hebron …
“[Israel] rests on … foundations of oppression and injustice … . [It] must shed its illusions and choose between racist oppression and democracy.” Avraham Burg 2003
Engr aved Oppr ession
“Palestinian education and propaganda are more dangerous to Israel than Palestinian weapons.” Ariel Sharon – Ha’aretz 19.11.2004
Maintaining Israel’s “Jewish Character”
Human Rights = F (ID) ?
“The difference between a Jewish soul and the souls of non-Jews [...] is greater and deeper than the difference between a human soul and the souls of cattle.” Rabbi Abraham Kook the Elder (1st Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Mandate Palestine)
BDS Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Moral, Effective, Non-Violent Resistance
Moral Consistency
Israel as the Exception Democracy Majority View Pro-Peace Civil Society
Reality Check Zionist Apartheid Majority of Oppressors Civil Society’s Complicity
Shooting Oneself in the Foot • Losing Influence over Israel • Marginalizing the Israeli left • Indirectly Punishing Palestinians
Reality Check II • What influence? • What left? • More Punishment?
Holocaust /Anti-Semitism • Israel Above Law of Nations? • Perpetuating Injustice • Targeting Oppression, not Jews
“Equality or Nothing!” Edward Said
Nice Master Happy slave The danger of advocating a change in “the consciousness of the oppressed, not the situation which oppresses them.” Simone de Beauvoir
BDS Suggested Principles: Diversity Sustainability G r a d u a l i t y
BDS is ... Smart & moral resistance
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