The True Origins of BDS

by Guest Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:28 pm

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement claims to be a grassroots human rights movement but in reality, it is a carefully crafted continuation of anti-Jewish boycotts predating the state of Israel.

The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement was founded by Omar Barghouti in 2005 as a self-described “Palestinian-led movement” that aims to challenge “international support for Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism.”

Founder Omar Barghouti has explicitly stated [00:05:53] that the goal of the BDS movement is to end the existence of Israel as a Jewish state.

The movement has been linked to numerous terrorist organizations and received a public endorsement from the terror organization Hamas.

International BDS organizations reportedly receive hundreds of millions of dollars and euros from foreign governments and private foundations. In the United States, the BDS movement is financially linked to American Muslims for Palestine (AMP).

In June 2011, Barghouti admitted [00:00:27] that 2005 “was not the beginning” of the BDS movement, but rather “a culmination of decades of Palestinian boycott initiatives” and “for more than a century Palestinians have used boycotts.”

Arab boycotts against Jews and Jewish-owned businesses in soon-to-be Israel started in the 1920’s and continue until the present day.

BDS campaigns include infiltrating university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions,” calling on institutions, trade unions and individuals to divest from Israeli-affiliated companies, promoting academic and cultural boycotts of Israel and lobbyinggovernments to sanction the Jewish state.

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