‘The only road left’

by on January 18, 2009 13

is to boycott Israeli goods and institutions, a group of 540 Israelis says in an appeal to the rest of the world. Birmingham (England), Athens (Greece), and Cambridge (MA) are in the van! BDS. Boycott, divestment, sanctions…

About Philip Weiss

Philip Weiss is Founder and Co-Editor of Mondoweiss.net.
Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East

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  1. ahmed says:
    January 18, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    Congratulations, NYT Opinonator thinks your response to Jeff Golberg's Hamas piece was the most vitriolic of the extreme leftists. (Even more than Glenn!)

    http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/weekend-opinionator-the-battle-over-the-battle-in-gaza/#comment-82167

  2. Colin Murray says:
    January 18, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    I strongly endorse BDS. It is the responsibility of those who are the first to awaken to lead the way. This means you.

  3. syvanen says:
    January 18, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    Here is the list of products (reposting this here).

    http://www.buyisraelgoods.org/

  4. D. says:
    January 18, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    Good news, ahmed.

    (Worth noting that the Mondoweiss article mentioned was written by the great Adam Horowitz, not Phil.)

  6. D. says:
    January 18, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    I wonder if Phil will post a "Boycott Israeli Goods" logo on his site.

    Or maybe it would cut into traffic? It is awfully judgmental after all.

  7. Richard Witty says:
    January 18, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    The road left is to convince Hamas that a long-term cease-fire enforced on their end is required. Otherwise the military engagement will end up being repeated.

    And, to convince Israel to respond in kind.

    The addition of another punishment is only an additional pendulum swing.

    If Hamas will cease its shelling of civilians, there is a path forward. If not, then only war will result, as inhumane as it is.

  8. Anonymous says:
    January 18, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    I don't know quite where this comment belongs, but it belongs somewhere. Just how do they justify this level of egregious humiliation:

    DR. MADS GILBERT: "I will answer that, but I think it’s important to understand that the most devastating weapon they are currently using is actually the siege of Gaza, which has been on for eighteen months, which means a lot of starvation, lack of food, water, power supplies, medicines, napkins, anything that people need to live."

    By 'napkins' he means feminine hygiene products, I think. Some half million women forced to use rags, and little or no water to wash in. Off the chart of moral squalor. Shouldn't some women do something with this?

  9. citizen says:
    January 18, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    Richard Witty is the key to the solution. Unless Palestinian females
    suck his circumsized dick, and also say on CAMERA how great that is, there's no solution, except that wrought by starving goy soldiers
    in the land with no enforceable pledge of allegiance.

  10. Eva Smagacz says:
    January 18, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    Don't worry, Anonymous

    When Body Mass Index of women falls below 20 (roughly), they stop menstruating. If they loose even 10-15% of their body fat their reproductive abilities are compromised. On the basis of the "diet" that Israel is putting them on it is only a matter of time that they will stop menses. If Israel can keep women starved just below reproductive level their demographic bomb problem will be solved.

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  11. samuel burke says:
    January 18, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    hamas is not going to back down …and israel has exposed its weak underbelly which is the media/ press coverage of their genocidal attacks against the palestinians.

    the world is learning…now america needs to wake up..
    witty and his minions will start singing a different song as the tide starts to turn.

    zionisms undoing…playing at a theatre near you in america.

  12. citizen says:
    January 19, 2009 at 12:43 am

    Keep phoning and/or emailing your senators and reps. When they respond with AIPAC talking points, follow up again, telling them you don't appreciate receiving only AIPAC talking points on the issues you raised. That's the bare minimum any citizen must do.

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