T he Ne w Anti-Se mitism Zio Zionism A liberation movement - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

WHAT IS BDS? A Chr istian Re sponse  Pr e se nte d by Vida Ve lasc o, StandWithUs

T he Ne w Anti-Se mitism

Zio Zionism A liberation movement based on justice for the oppressed and the right of all peoples to self-determination in their homeland.

19th Ce ntur y Ge r man Slogan: “T he Je ws ar e Our Misfor tune ” has be c ome the Wor ld’s Motto: “T he State of Isr ae l is our Misfor tune ”

DEMONIZATION - NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED Egypt, 2001 Nazi Cartoon, 1938

UN Wor ld Confe r e nc e Against Rac ism 2001 (Dur bin, South Afr ic a) Zionism Equated with Racism

Steep Rise in Anti-Semitic Incidents

Prove verb rbs 26:26 26: “ : “Hatre red cove vers rs it itse self wit ith g guile ile”

Hamas Char te r , Ar tic le 11: “T he Isla mic Re sista nc e Move me nt be lie ve s tha t the la nd of Pa le stine is a n Isla mic Wa qf c onse c ra te d for future Mosle m g e ne ra tions until Judg e me nt Da y. It, or a ny pa rt of it, should not be squa nde re d: it, or a ny pa rt of it, should not be g ive n up. Ne ithe r a sing le Ara b c ountry nor a ll Ara b c ountrie s, ne ithe r a ny king or pre side nt, nor a ll the king s a nd pre side nts, ne ithe r a ny org a niza tion nor a ll of the m, be the y Pa le stinia n or Ara b, posse ss the rig ht to do tha t.”

T he Big Que stions  Is Israel illegally “Occupying” Palestinian Land?  Is Israel Practicing “Apartheid” Against the Palestinians?  Is Israel Committing “Genocide/Ethnic Cleansing” against the Palestinians?

Oc c upation  Ga za a nd the We st Ba nk a re c o nside re d c o nte ste d te rrito rie s unde r inte rna tio na l la w.  Afte r the 1967 wa r, I sra e l g a ine d te rrito ry a s pa rt o f de fe nsive c a mpa ig n.  Ga za a nd the We st Ba nk re ma in in a sta te o f wa r with I sra e l.

T he “We st Ba nk” - Oslo Ac c o rds

Apa rthe id  Apa rthe id is a wo rd spe c ific a lly de rive d fro m the Afrika a ns whic h me a ns “a pa rt-ho o d”.  I t wa s a syste ma tic pa rlia me nta ry (fe de ra l) b o dy o f la ws tha t de lib e ra te ly a llo we d a 20% White E uro pe a n (mo stly Dutc h o rig in) mino urity to o ppre ss a n 80% Bla c k/ Co lo ure d ma jo rity in So uth Afric a .

Isr ae li “Apar the id”?

ORIGINAL ARAB KNE SSE T ME MBE RS Se if e l- Din e l- Zoubi T awfik T oubi Amin- Salim Jar jor a

Se c urity Ba rrie r or “Apa rthe id Wa ll”?

Ge noc ide / E thnic Cle ansing  Ge no c ide : T he de lib e ra te killing o f a la rg e g ro up o f pe o ple , e spe c ia lly tho se o f a pa rtic ula r e thnic g ro up o r na tio n.  E thnic Cle a nsing : T he ma ss e xpulsio n o r killing o f a n unwa nte d e thnic o r re lig io us g ro up in a so c ie ty.

Be n- Gur ion: T he T r ue Quote “We ne ithe r want nor ne e d to e xpe l the Ar abs and take the ir plac e . All our aspir ation is built on the pr e mise ... that the r e is e nough r oom both for us and for the Ar abs in the L and” םיצור ונא ןיא״ , םיברע שרגל םיכירצ ונא ןיא םמוקמ תא תחקלו . לע היונב ונתפיאש לכ החנה ...״ץראב םיברעלו ונל םוקמ יד שיש

“It was within my powe r to kill all the Je ws in the wor ld, ye t I le ft some of the m so that the wor ld would know why I am killing the m.” – Al- Zayafuna, a Pale stinian Authour ity Youth Magazine

Why Doe s this Ma tte r?  T ho ug hts Drive Ac tio n – Pe o ple Be lie ve I sra e l I s Do ing Wro ng  Ac tio n T a ke n Ag a inst I sra e l – T he BDS Mo ve me nt  Wha t is BDS? Bo yc o tt, Dive stme nt, a nd Sa nc tio ns a g a inst the Je wish Sta te o f I sra e l

Psalm 82:2: “How long will you defend the wicked?”

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Ga ry Burg e , Z io nism and the Que st fo r Justic e a nd Who se L and? Who se Pro mise ? Stra w Ma n Arg ume nts: “In Ge ne sis 12, 15, a nd 17, God pr omise s the Holy L a nd to Abr a ha m a nd his de sc e nda nts. T o Chr istia n Zionists this pr omise of la nd inhe r ita nc e wa s pe r ma ne nt a nd unc onditional … .. T his me a ns tha t for Chr istia n Zionists, the c ove na nt of Abr a ha m c ontinue s to be in pla y toda y. T his be lie f for c e s Chr istia ns to ha ve wha t we c a ll a two- c ove na nt the olog y.” “… unbe lie ving Isr a e l holds a sa ving c ove na nt a nd toda y de se r ve s a ll of the e ntitle me nts of c ove na nt ble ssing .”

Ga ry Burg e , Who se L and? Who se Pro mise ? Bad E xe ge sis: “Ac c or ding to Chr istian T e ac hing, Isr ae l c annot make an e xc lusive c laim to the land as if the ne w c ove nant ne ve r happe ne d. In fac t, the Ne w T e stame nt r e fe r s to pr e vious c ove nants as ‘obsole te ’ and ‘vanishing away’ (He b. 8:13). Nor c an Chr istians simply move fr om Abr aham’s pr omise s in Ge ne sis dir e c tly to mode r n Isr ae l … .. In Chr ist, the pr omise s of God ar e the ir s [= Chr istians’].”