And I can’t even imagine it’s an intentional addition, it’s just become part of boiler plate legal documents here in the deep south.
Israel considers BDS an existential threat. I don’t think they even consider Hamas this deadly of a threat. I think it’s because BDS is a peaceful way of opposing Israel, which makes it hard for centrists and liberals to justify opposing.
That’s why they need to smear the movement with claims of systemic antisemitism so it’s easier for the cowards to not support it despite it being literally “voting with your money,” something they so dogmatically believe in instead of picking up arms.
Remember that Black Wall Street was destroyed because the residents were able to prosper despite the systemic discrimination against them - essentially destroyed for ‘peacefully resisting’ the Oppressor. Do everything the way they want, and you still get killed.
When the excesses of the settler colonial project are so egregious, the only way they can guarantee support is by painting even the most milquetoast consumer activism as indistinguishable from terrorism. When you want to kill children, anyone who says “hey, I don’t like how you killed those children, I don’t think I’ll buy your soda pop,” must be on the way to joining Hezbollah.
BDS is an existential threat because it threatens to popularize the truth that Israel is an apartheid state. Proponents of the occupation will cite the end of apartheid South Africa as a worst case scenario. Hamas is less so for the inverse reason that the violent opposition (as long as it’s manageable violence) provides reason for the occupation to continue
It’s crazy how the US has laws prohibiting the boycott of a foreign country’s products but not domestic products. If people can’t see that Palestinians are the ones with no power and every right to fight back, then I’m feeling hopeless.
Discrimination argument. Proponents argue that boycotts of Israel is a form of discrimination because they target a particular group (Israelis) with the intent of inflicting economic harm on them.
It’s literally how sanctions work lol. Like who do they think will be affected when the US prohibits business with China?
so what if you don’t buy enough Jaffa cakes you can be evicted
BuT mOnEY Is sPeEcH
My wife works for a small company that refuses to ship to countries that are extra evil. They usually pick the right ones. I’m waiting to hear if isntreal or Palestine ends up making the list. The boss is an “Interesting” guy
How the fuck do you make a list of “extra evil” countries and not start and end with the USA & Israel, this really destroys the credibility of the entire enterprise right out of the gate
It would be very funny to one day order some parts for work and see a pop up explaining that despite being a domestic corporation due to beliefs they are choosing to describe as religious (GospelofStMarx.jpeg) they will only ship their products to China, Vietnam, Laos, and the DPRK though.
The real answer is he has a business to run. The hexbear answer is I hope he strokes out real soon because he makes my wife’s life hell for no reason, and his daughter is set to take over. She’s a lot more reasonable.
These are the types of people (Pelosi) that always somehow end up outliving the kids they kept promising they would eventually hand the reins over to next year
WHAT
THE FUCK
In 2017, the governors of all fifty U.S. states signed a statement describing their opposition to the BDS movement, stating that the BDS movement’s “focus on the Jewish State raises serious questions about its motivations and intentions” and that the governors “strongly condemn the BDS movement as incompatible with the values of our states and our country.”[14]
Not doing anything to make fascist ideas of a Jewish conspiracy less believable. Although maybe that’s the point. Support fascist israel and at the same time make it so american nazis are eating good with their propaganda fodder.
