BS. There are plenty of Palestinians who say peace. The BDS movement is an example. Absolutely freaked Israel out, so it got its American allies to pass laws shutting it down.
BS. There are plenty of Palestinians who say peace. The BDS movement is an example. Absolutely freaked Israel out, so it got its American allies to pass laws shutting it down.
How many Palestinians called for a ceasefire on October 7? How many have called for the unconditional release of civilian hostages?
The BDS will get shut-down because the explicit politicisation of foreign trade and investment strikes at the heart of elite thinking about the global economy. Serious corporate interests are at stake.
And it disturbs the civility of institutions within the West.
that is not the primary reason Israel wanted it shut down however. You certainly are correct about elites, after all, the US would never have joined Mandela's boycott if it weren't for pressure from Afircan-Americans. As for hostages, in fact Hamas itself is calling for that. It is Israel that is unwilling.
Disagree. Washington was playing games with South Africa. The US supported Pretoria during the Cold War. Once that was winding down under Gorbachev the US began preparing for transition to majority rule and began intriguing with all parties involved.
Washington was happy for African-American politicians to posture on the issue. But they would not have been a serious factor in the decisions of consequence. They were allowed to take credit for it.
BS. There are plenty of Palestinians who say peace. The BDS movement is an example. Absolutely freaked Israel out, so it got its American allies to pass laws shutting it down.
How many Palestinians called for a ceasefire on October 7? How many have called for the unconditional release of civilian hostages?
The BDS will get shut-down because the explicit politicisation of foreign trade and investment strikes at the heart of elite thinking about the global economy. Serious corporate interests are at stake.
And it disturbs the civility of institutions within the West.
that is not the primary reason Israel wanted it shut down however. You certainly are correct about elites, after all, the US would never have joined Mandela's boycott if it weren't for pressure from Afircan-Americans. As for hostages, in fact Hamas itself is calling for that. It is Israel that is unwilling.
Disagree. Washington was playing games with South Africa. The US supported Pretoria during the Cold War. Once that was winding down under Gorbachev the US began preparing for transition to majority rule and began intriguing with all parties involved.
Washington was happy for African-American politicians to posture on the issue. But they would not have been a serious factor in the decisions of consequence. They were allowed to take credit for it.