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0 pointsjdthedisciple4y ago0 comments

BDS is literally a movement by Palestinians directed at their war-enemy next door. That would be like Ukrainians boycotting Russians now. You get the point ...

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ginko4y ago

I don't get your point, actually. Of course the US or Israel won't boycott themselves.

jdthediscipleOP4y ago

Sure, but let me give you an example of what I mean: "The consensus view of the international community is that Israeli settlements are illegal and constitute a violation of international law." [0]

Yet, have you seen any western govt demand sanctions on the Israeli population for that? Have you seen this guy here demand github be banned for all Israelis? Of course not - and that's just the moral double standards I'm calling out.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law_and_Israel...

ginko4y ago

There's been plenty of calls within the EU to ban trade of goods made in Israeli settlements. AFAIK the latest news it that the EU courts ruled in favor of a ban.

watwut4y ago

Afaik, those calls happened multinationally multiple times, being blocked by USA every single time.

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ginko4y ago

I don't get your point, actually. Of course the US or Israel won't boycott themselves.

jdthediscipleOP4y ago

Sure, but let me give you an example of what I mean: "The consensus view of the international community is that Israeli settlements are illegal and constitute a violation of international law." [0]

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law_and_Israel...

ginko4y ago

There's been plenty of calls within the EU to ban trade of goods made in Israeli settlements. AFAIK the latest news it that the EU courts ruled in favor of a ban.

watwut4y ago

Afaik, those calls happened multinationally multiple times, being blocked by USA every single time.

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