I’m so delighted that President #Obama and #Congress are moving to impose sanctions on #Russia over its military intervention in Crimea. Regardless of whether one thinks this is a wise or just policy in the case of Russia, this is setting a great political #precedent in the United States for considering #boycotts, #divestment and #sanctions on #Israel over its military #occupation of #Palestine – the #WestBank, #Gaza and #EastJerusalem. By Robert Naiman – Sabbah Report § Until now, it has been the case that in the United States, if you talk about any kind of boycott, any kind of divestment, any kind of sanction to pressure the Israeli government to end its military occupation of Palestine, some apologists for the Israeli occupation have gone into rhetorical meltdown. Until now, we’ve collectively tolerated that the hysterical opposition to “BDS” (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) of these apologists for the Israeli occupation be taken seriously in public discourse. In New York, Maryland, and Illinois, state legislators want to punish you if you even think about boycotting one egg from the Israeli occupation. We’re all for the right of free speech – unless you misuse your free speech rights to say something bad about the Israeli occupation of Palestine. But now, when it is proposed to sanction Russia over its military intervention in Crimea, it passes through public discourse like a hot knife through butter. No one complains that Russia is being “unfairly singled out.” No one claims that people who want to impose sanctions on Russia are motivated by an irrational hatred of the Russian people. No one claims that supporters of sanctions want to “delegitimize Russia” or “destroy Russia,” nor that supporters of sanctions “refuse to accept Russia’s right to exist.” sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2014/03/08/sanction-russia-not-israel/
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:11:09 +0000
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