A New Go at A Cultural Boycott of Israel

A new campaign calls for the cultural and academic boycott of Israel, and will most likely re-spark the debate seen last year.

We call upon the International community to join us in the boycott of Israeli film festivals, Israeli public venues, and Israeli institutions supported by the government, and to end all cooperation with these cultural and artistic institutions that to date have refused to take a stand against the Occupation, the root cause for this colonial conflict.

We call upon you to take a stand in order to appeal to the Israeli people to give up their silence, to abandon their apathy, and to face up to their responsibility in the destruction and killing their elected government is wreaking.

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http://www.meforum.org/article/986

http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=97&articleId=2170

I wonder if "Arab nationalism," much less "Palestinian terrorism," is a phrase that has ever tripped off of any of these people's lips - whether their fingers would be able to pick out the phrase on a keyboard without looking - whether the phonemes would even cohere into recognizable words in their ears.

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There is much to condemn about the Israelis, but to condemn them without equally condemning the Muslims is an act of intentional blindness that is staggering to those who are open-minded.