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Ben White
Ben White is author of 'Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide' and 'Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, discrimination and democracy'. Follow him on twitter at @benabyad and on his website www.benwhite.org.uk.
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From MK Edelstein's address:
"We must repeat again and again these basic facts - TO BE "anti-Israel" IS TO BE ANTI-SEMITIC. TO BOYCOTT ISRAEL, ISRAELI PROFESSORS and ISRAELI businesses, these are not political acts, these are acts of hate, acts of anti-Semitism!
Anti-Israel hysteria is anti-Semitic hysteria. They are one and the same.
Look at the reality Israelis face when traveling to international athletic, business, and academic events. More and more, when they arrive in Sweden, Turkey, England, and even the United States, they must lecture and perform before hostile or even violent crowds, requiring police protection...
I am glad to inform you that a special ministry was formed half a year ago, which hopefully will allow us to double our efforts to combat anti-Semitism. The Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs will work very hard to widen the field of people dealing with this issue, and will do everything in our power to build the ICCA, the inter parliamentary coalition to combat anti-Semitism."
link to mfa.gov.il
And from Lieberman's address:
"He said that global anti-Semitism had "crossed the line," and that those behind the effort were "seeking to destroy the Jewish state piece by piece... using academic boycotts and economic sanctions." He also noted "human rights groups' effort to deny Israel legitimacy by pushing the United Nations Security Council to adopt the Goldstone Report," which accused Israel of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip...."
link to jpost.com