Total number of comments: 974 (since 2010-11-24 16:17:48)
In case anyone was wondering, I was banned from leaving comments on this site in October 2011 without warning or right of redress. I can only imagine that members of the noisy clique agitated to have me banned for expressing my opinion that another commenter who suggested that Jews run Hollywood was a "low-grade anti-Semite". I stand by that opinion about that user having seen nothing to make me change it. In addition there are a small number of other users on this site who, in my opinion, demonstrate a clear antipathy towards Jews which they attempt to hide behind a perfectly legitimate antipathy for Zionism and the state of Israel. They delegitimize the valuable contribution that the people who run this site and the people that learn from it make to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Fair enough. I did read Les's comment twice and I think he did mean that modern Hebrew is closer to German than biblical Hebrew.
I do enjoy a good book on philology, funnily enough, so I will look out for Zuckermann's book based on your recommendation, although I worry that my עברית is not good enough to get the most out of it.
"With whose money? "
Get a grip, dude.
Are you seriously claiming the the Jews of America, all 2% of them, have more money to invest in charter schools than any other ethnic group?
Just plain bollocks.
Well far be it from me to argue with someone who decides to transcribe his Hebrew name as "Ghil'ad" rather than the more commonly used "Gilad" but would you at least agree that Les's characterization above was woefully off the mark?
Simply wrong. Modern Hebrew has absolutely nothing to do with German and very little to do with Yiddish.
It is wholly based on classical, or biblical, Hebrew.
"I remember that post, and I know how Chaos writes. He wasn’t calling you a killer, he was calling Israel, and probably by extension, all Israelis."
Yes he was, go back and read it again.
All that hot air and you still dodged the question, tree.
I agree that a lot of Hollywood studios are run by people who self-identify as Jews.
Personally I don't think it matters at all. It's just happenstance. Do you agree? Do you think the world would be better if some of those Hollywood studios were not run by people who self-identify as Jews.
Take your time, but when you answer, just try to start with a simple 'yes' or 'no', please so everyone can see for once just what you mean.
That's not what I am doing and I believe you know this. I am more than willing to debate specific laws which you think correspond to laws in place in Apartheid South Africa or Jim Crow America or even 1930s Germany.
I believe I have proved myself willing to engage at that level.
What I cannot abide are the blanket statements about how Israel is a Nazi state without any attempt to dissect this damning and offensive accusation. It is bandied about with the simple intention of getting a reaction and causing offence.
Here's an example:
"I personally have no problem shouting from rooftops that israel is a nazi state." link to mondoweiss.net
It's not an argument, it's a rant. It's a rant calculated to give offence. If you let it stand, as you and the mods do, you are saying that Mondoweiss has no problem with people leaving comments that contain no substantive argument and that are designed to offend Jews and other victims of the Nazi genocide. I find that shameful. You don't.
I have no problem with you criticizing what he says. I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a problem with it either as he keeps coming back for another kicking. Nevertheless I do object the the instant rewriting of his words in parodic form. It would be simpler and more intellectually honest to ban him from commenting than to presuppose everything that he says in the future is already a lie and deserving of ridicule.
It's a cheap gag and it makes the site look like a place that enjoys cheap gags. That's what I mean when I say you (specifically you, Annie, together with Phil and one or two others) set the tone.
Either ban Witty or address/ignore his posts like anybody else's. Singling him out for persistent parody makes that an acceptable standard of response. You can't then complain when someone you don't agree with does it to someone else... or at least when you do, you become a hypocrite.
Make sense?
I already cited it in an earlier post, but here it is again in all its absurd and vicious glory.
link to mondoweiss.net
This is one of a huge number of ad hominems that have been persistently hurled at me and outright lies that have been written about me since I first started commenting. I'm OK with it as long as I get to sling some back, although mine are usually far more elegant. If Chaos, Taxi, Mooser and others want to apologize, I'm happy to apologize also and conform to the tone set elsewhere on the board.
"it is the climate that is my concern."
Agreed. I believe, though, that it is a climate that you personally have encouraged as long as it suited you and only now are upset about because one person threw a hissy fit.
You have never condemned the dull and pointless ad hominem parodies that follow every one of Richard Witty's dull posts. You have never condemned Chaos4700 for calling me the "number one killer of Palestinians". And you have never condemned the persistent and offensive description of Israelis as Nazis.
You built this climate with your own hypocrisy. are you willing to take responsibility for any of this or is this too all the fault of a few uppity Zionists?
Thanks. I'm guessing you didn't mention it though in your heartfelt note to Phil about targeting, right?
Also, like him, I know by your responses there there are at least two people here that do give a shit about what I believe, at least enough to take the time to try and refute it.
I'm touched. Mwah!
"jews have made an enormous contribution to entertainment. enormous. embrace it."
Thanks for that. It's a good defence and I actually believe that you are being sincere when you say it.
I don't believe that's what tree, chaos, taxi or H mean when they say Jews control Hollywood/MSM/Finance/.
If any of them would like to prove me wrong, by remarking positively on the disproportionate success that people from my minority religion have had in these areas, I will be happy to withdraw my accusations.
I asked you because very soon after this article was posted you praised its author.
When I pointed out inconsistencies which look to be fabrications, I turned back to you for comment.
Unsurprisingly, I still don't have one which leads me to believe that you have no problem with people basing their posts on lies.
Your silence and refusal to discuss the very facts of the original post puts the lie to your constant carping about threadjacking.
I am addressing the veracity of the original post. You are ignoring my genuine concerns because of who I am not because of what they are.
That makes you a hypocrite.
@Annie
Your concern about targeting is pitiful.
Eljay contends that I am the subject of far more serious and more numerous insults. Do you have anything you want to say to him? Thought not.
Also please note, for the umpteenth time that the very first time I saw this chap he responded to one of my comments as follows:
"luckily for the rest of mankind, no one gives a shit about what you believe."
There may well have been targeting involved but not in the direction that gets you all worked up, you hypocrite.
That's no excuse for ignorance, I'm afraid.
"the chief tenet of “Jew” religion is veneration of the State"
Really, since when? Can you provide a biblical source or an accepted talmudic source declaring this the chief tenet?
Don't be obtuse, Annie.
When I say there are lots of Jews in Hollywood it's a mark of innocent pride. Like saying there are lots of left-handed pitchers when I'm one too. It's meaningless. It's fun. I don't know these people even though we all call ourselves Jews. They are not in league together. We are not in league together.
When people here write Jews control Hollywood they mean that they find something sinister about it. Deny it if you want. I can't be bothered anymore.
For a site that is rightfully sensitive about orientalism and Islamophobia, you are being incredibly insensitive about the clear bigotry behind statements like these. I don't know why I should be surprised you continue to show yourself to be blinkered and argumentative for no good reason.
How do you feel about ad hominem comments and the people who make them like when Chaos4700 said I was the "number one killer of Palestinians"?
Also look just below where I have made an effort to get this thread back on track and where you have pointedly refused to engage. Why's that?
MRW, you dope. I can't even be bothered to explain my argument to you again. Go to the other post and read it there.
It comes down to this. Saying "Jews control Hollywood" is a reductionist and racist statement. The facts are that some Jews control some companies that form part of the industry collectively titled "Hollywood".
Saying "Jews control Hollywood" is racist because you're implying that the Jewishness of the businessmen and women who control Hollywood is more important than their business acumen, their commitment to their shareholders or their commitment to the paying consumers.
You're assuming that competing companies that happen to be controlled by people who self-identify as Jews have a common agenda that supersedes their responsibility as bosses.
I know this is too complex for you to understand. In the other thread there are idiots claiming that's not what they meant, but they, like you, are being disingenuous.
Jew counting is for racists and fools (... and Jews, of course, but for us it's a harmless hobby, because we don't draw racist inferences from the results).
Still waiting. Annie?
Bumblebye,
Since I left the UK in 1996, knife crime and gun crime have risen alongside teenage pregnancy and binge drinking.
Your government has taken you into at least one illegal war resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians and hundreds of British servicemen and women.
You've also enjoyed the worst economic recession in memory, near-record unemployment and a return to the riots and social unrest of the early 80s.
You also manged to elect your first member of the BNP to the European Parliament. Yay Britain.
I'm delighted that you can turn a blind eye to all that and criticize Israel. It shows real fortitude. In the meantime, I can assure you, I'm very happy with the choice I made and the lives my children live here in Israel.
If you read the post I linked to my accusation of antisemitism had nothing to do with criticism of the government of Israel and everything to do with a racist comment about Jews in Hollywood. Perhaps you want to revisit it before you accuse me of things I haven't done or said.
Also, I am interested in your opinion of Chaos4700 and his description of me personally as the "number one killer of Palestinians".
Danaa, I have not written a single lie about myself since I started writing here.
You are a peculiarly humorless person, Danaa, who has now repeated more than once the flippant joke I made about not wanting a dog because I feel too old to pick up another creature's poop as somehow indicative of a deep flaw in my Zionism. I think that makes you a bit of a kook. Can we drop the pet angle and try to make the conversation more substantive, less speculative and less ad hominem, please?
I posted above a link to the post where another commenter suggested that Jews run Hollywood and the reason he knows that to be true is because he read about it in the LA Times. I said that I believed him to be a low-grade anti-Semite. I stand by my opinion.
It has nothing to do with him being an Israeli or a Palestinian or anything else and everything to do with him being ignorant and, in my opinion, a low-grade anti-Semite.
Until you call out Chaos by name and tell him what you think of his BS like you did to me, sure, you're a hypocrite.
I'm not sure your interpretation of the Spanish law is correct.
I take it to mean that anyone who self-identifies as a Sephardic Jew is entitled to acquire Spanish citizenship. I can't imagine anyone being asked to legally trace their bloodline back 550 years, can you?
Which would mean that Spanish law is just as racist as Israeli law, no? So not unique then.
But leaving that argument aside, I'm not totally blind to your problem with the Israeli right of return for Jews.
From my point of view it is an inclusionist law which offers refuge to the members of a tiny minority religion guaranteeing them citizenship should they ask for it. This minority religion has like many minorities suffered persecution over the years. In many parts of the world, the members of this minority are still despised and distrusted. Israel exists as a safe haven for Jews ensuring that they can bring up their children and pursue their careers without fear of religious persecution.
I don't mean that this should come at the expense of another people. I believe the victims of the nakba should be properly compensated for their losses, but I see nothing sinister in the idea of a Jewish country guaranteeing the rights of Jews. There are Muslim countries and there are Catholic countries. You will argue that they don't exclude people of other religions, but I could argue back that they don't have to because their religious majority is unassailable. Their religious values (and whatever faux-separation of church and state they lay claim to) will never be threatened demographically.
Even in Israel, the Jewish State, Jews make up around 75% of the population. The proportion of Christians in each of the top 20 Christian countries and the proportion of Muslims in each of the top 20 Muslim countries is over 90%. - You have a problem with Israel's law, but the reality in the rest of the world is far more exclusive regardless of legislation.
If I ever have to go to court to argue that nothing I have written could impact the perceived honesty and integrity of a lawyer, I'll gladly roll those dice. Of course you'd need to extradict me first which would be tricky for a civil case like this, no? What do I know? I'm no high-flying lawyer from Ohio... but then according to your profile, nor are you, or is that not what you meant by "former"?
Dude our very first interaction was when you picked one of my comments and responded:
“luckily for the rest of mankind, no one gives a shit about what you believe.”
If you want to get all prissy now, you're within your rights, but you set the tone of our conversation with your uncalled for aggression.
I don't know how much your default position of hectoring sarcasm helps you with your legal career, but here it just makes you look like an ass.
My offer of a coffee still stands, next time you're in town. Cheers.
No need. The law of return refers to Jews not Israelis or people of Israeli descent. You can find a complete rundown of the current system here: link to en.wikipedia.org
I would be very interested to know what kind of evidence one needs to provide to be admitted to Spain as a Sephardic Jew. Do they accept converts?
It's outrageous for me to say that someone is a low-grade anti-Semite and yet you have nothing to say about Chaos calling me the "number one killer of Palestinians".
When your criticism is even handed, I'll make sure my considered opinions are less hurtful.
This is just more of the rank hypocrisy that MW has come to stand for. Be as vicious as you want but only towards Zionists, everyone else is too fragile. Bollocks.
By the way, I'm still waiting for a response to my original question where I asked Mr. Levy to provide evidence of his statement that Mr. Schivone claims to have one Jewish grandparent making him eligible for immigration under the Israeli right of return.
I looked and I couldn't find anything so I think there are a couple of paragraphs of the post which are in need of correction. To be clear, I'm not saying I couldn't find evidence of his having a Jewish grandparent, I'm saying I couldn't find evidence of him making this claim for himself. I believe it is a pure invention of Mr Levy's. I leave it to others to decide whether or not these corrections impact the argument the post is making.
Annie I'm sure will accuse me, yet again, of trying to change the subject when I am very specifically challenging the veracity of the original post. She hates it when one of her heroes gets caught speaking out of turn and she never concedes... ever.
My accusation that H (he made me promise not to use his name in one of my comments again) is a "low-grade anti-semite" is based on this comment: link to mondoweiss.net
I explained why in my response to it. I'm not an attorney so all the talk of libel and what is actionable goes way over my head I'm afraid. From what I remember from journalism school he would have to prove pecuniary loss based on my accusation, but that may be a British thing only.
By the way here's a pleasant reminder of the very first comment of his I ever read. It was directed rather rudely at me.
"luckily for the rest of mankind, no one gives a shit about what you believe." Charming. link to mondoweiss.net
I am not ready to change my opinion yet, but I'm sorry if the accusation stings. Since joining up here I have regularly been called a thief and a murderer and watched while every Israeli (by which it's clear the intent is every Jewish Israeli) is branded a Nazi. To be clear "every Israeli" includes my wife, my children, my brother, my niece and nephews, my colleagues, my plumber and my late great Aunt. According to Chaos and others we are all Nazis. It's a fabulous starting point for conversation.
Annie is fantastically good at throwing her toys out of the cot when threads don't go the way she wants, but she has never once commented on the hateful and vicious bile that pours out of a couple of particularly spiteful and also , in my opinion, Jew-hating, commenters.
She didn't comment when I, specifically, was called the "number one killer of Palestinians" and she won't answer these this comment now except to weasel out of her responsibilities as a senior and much-respected member of the community. (I can already see her denying this right under her post where she takes it upon herself to complain on everyone's behalf to Phil - ridiculous.)
link to mondoweiss.net
I am pleased that Annie has chosen to write to her pal Phil about how to deal with "false accusations of bigotry" although I have a feeling that, as usual, she will only concern herself with the accusations that go in one direction.
That depends on how you define Armenian origin. And how you determine who is a Sephardic Jew.
Neither of those groups require a traceable connection to the lands that offer them easier immigration.
link to mondoweiss.net - I counted 2 "sorry"s and a few apologies as well.
You're clearly a bit of an egomaniac and certainly an aggressive and mean commenter.
But the reason I'm done with you is your comment on the Captain Israel thread which together with your crazy conspiracy theories makes you look like a low-grade anti-semite who genuinely believes that the Jews are running the world and doing a bad job of keeping that a secret.
Life is simply too short to spend time debating with people who harbor irrational feelings about Jews. I've filtered out most of the other anti-Semites here and you, I'm afraid, made the list.
One thing we can agree on is that I am not your enemy.
"What you posted about me was despicable. Forgive me that I expected you to either stand by it or apologize."
I did apologize at the first opportunity. But now I'm done with you. Ta ra.
Not so. Check the link.
"(people of) Sephardic Jewish origin also have the right to apply for nationality after a year of legal residency in Spain. Upon the rediscovery of Sephardi Jews during the campaigns of General Juan Prim in Northern Africa, the Spanish governments have taken friendly measures towards the descendants of the Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 under the Alhambra Decree and persecuted by the Spanish Inquisition."
So 550 years after expulsion Sephardic Jews (however that is determined) are given preferential immigration treatment in Spain. Not unique.
"Russia offers citizenship to individuals descended from Russian ancestors who can demonstrate an affinity for Russian culture and, preferably, speak Russian. Concern about Russia's shrinking population prompted the program. Officials estimate that 25 million members of the Russian diaspora are eligible for citizenship. The Foreign Ministry has sent emissaries to countries around the world to urge the descendants of Russian emigrants to return home." It's not clear how many generations back they are willing to accept. Not unique.
"Article 14 of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia (1995) provides that "[i]ndividuals of Armenian origin shall acquire citizenship of the Republic of Armenia through a simplified procedure." Not unique.
Er... no. You are clearly struggling to understand the thread. I asked whether anyone would denounce the persistent references to Israelis as Nazis.
Eljay did. I'm guessing you won't. I'm guessing it's a comparison you feel perfectly comfortable making.
@justicewillprevail
We've done this one before and you guys lost. Israel is one of several countries that has enacted laws guaranteeing citizenship based on ethnicity. We are not unique. link to en.wikipedia.org
I have no idea who Sydney Levy is apart from the author of this post, but it's a pretty devastating accusation to level at anyone.
So yes, I hereby denounce longliveisrael's description of anyone as a kapo.
I would rather not bandy about Nazi analogies in any context. I don't think they are useful. And I regret my recent flippant use of "Judenrein Palestine" to describe Hamas's plans for Israel. It was meant to be an ironic commentary on the number of Nazi comments that are made about me and all Israelis, but it fell flat and resulted in more vicious Nazi abuse being hurled at Israel than usual.
Any chance you James North or anyone else here will jump in and denounce that kind of crap? Nope, didn't think so. Let me know if you want links.
First off, I want to say that I have no problem with anyone calling themselves anything they want.
As a religious Jew I use the standard of Halachic Judaism to determine who I think is Jewish, but I would not try to impose my standard on anyone else.
Just out of interest, though, could you please provide a link to where Mr. Schivone claims to have a Jewish grandparent? I couldn't find one.
He is still perfectly free to call himself a Jew if he wishes but if he doesn't have a Jewish grandparent and has not undergone a recognized conversion and he is not married to a Jew then he would not be eligible for citizenship under the Israeli Law of Return. Nor would he have been Jewish enough for the Nazis (as you put it) although I'm not sure there were many that self-identified as Jews if they didn't have to in 1930s Germany. You might have to rewrite that part of your post.
Again I have no problem with Mr Schivone calling himself a Jew based on nothing but a whim, but if there is nothing more to it than that, then the questions raised in the Jerusalem Post report still stand and the anecdotal evidence brought by peace activist Valerie Saturen in her letter to Ha'aretz still needs an unequivocal refutation.
Some details here, if you're interested.
link to en.wikipedia.org
"Hey you forgot Norman Finkelstein ;-)"
I can see it now, a whole new superhero franchise - Chomsky and the Fink - two wizened Jews fighting for justice with their unwavering self-belief and a joint disgust at Israel. See how Chomsky ties Zionists up in knots with his laser-generative grammar. Marvel at the Fink as he saves the day again with his mutant lack of tenure.
Magneto led the X-Men for years when Xavier was off somewhere. He went back to being a baddie afterwards. Typical of you, Chaos to see things in a binary fashion with no understanding of the hearts of men.
More poorly researched, rank ignorance from you that will go unapologized for.
Yawn.
Tree, sweetie, how many times do I have to go over the same ground.
I'm not arguing the facts. I'm contesting the assumptions you make based on the facts.
It is a fact that a Jew has a job. It is a racist assumption that this Jew will perform his job in a way that benefits other Jews first rather than his employers.
It is a fact that a Jew owns a company. It is a racist assumption that this Jew will run the company in a way that benefits other Jews over his company's shareholders.
It is a fact that different Jews own different companies, perhaps even competing companies, in a particular industry. It is a racist assumption that these Jews will somehow conspire in a covert manner to make all these companies benefit other Jews before delivering value to their shareholders and doing what they were set up as companies to do.
So when I count Jews I'm saying, "isn't it amazing that one small community can produce so many creative people who have risen to the top of a tough profession?"
When you (and Phil, and others) count Jews, you're saying, "isn't it sinister the way so many co-religionists have taken over a profession that should be a meritocracy? They must be conspiring together to control things and exclude all non-Jews."
Do you see the difference? I take innocent pride in a meaningless statistic which really doesn't impact my life in any way. While you interpret this statistic as proof of a dark conspiracy being perpetrated against you by the alien Jew.
If you're still not convinced that your version of Jew-counting is deeply disturbing, just tell me what proportion of Jewish ownership of Hollywood studios you would feel comfortable with and what kind of legislation you propose to enforce those numbers.
I wasn't sure before, but bringing that tongue-in-cheek article as evidence of anything is a sure sign that you're a boring old, Jew-counting anti-semite.
Yawn, how dull. I thought you had a real opinion about Israel, but it turns out you just hate Jews and think we control the world. Shame, as that kinds runs counter to what your dad tried to teach you, no?
Before you get all sorts of defensive, it's very simple. Chris Rock can do jokes about the differences between Black people and "niggers" but I can't. In the same way that guy from the LA Times and I can make flippant remarks about Jews running stuff, but you can't use them as proof that we're actually running stuff and you just found out because we were too dumb to keep the secret. You're simply a low-grade anti-semite. It's not an accusation I make lightly. On this site I count no more than 4 or 5, (I'd print their names but I reckon this post will get censored anyway) but your last comment rocketed you to the top of the list.
Before I was feeling guilty about not reading your comments because they were too long and boring. Now I'm actively filtering you because you're a racist.
Mods, if you let his comment stand but deny this one, you're idiots and cowards.
Jewish superheroes are nothing new. We've had Ben Grimm, aka the Thing, Kitty Pryde, Ragman, Magneto, Moon Knight and Doc Samson and many others for years.
Captain America (created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby - both Jews) dated Bernie Rosenthal for years.
Batman (created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger - both Jews) recently reintroduced the character of Batwoman, Kathy Kane, who is explicitly Jewish (and a Lesbian so bonus points there).
Superman (created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster - go on, take a wild guess) is not Jewish, he's Kryptonian (somewhere between Reform and Conservadox if you're keeping score).
Stan Lee, Joe Kubert, Peter David, Neil Gaiman, Brian Michael Bendis - say what you want about Hollywood, comic books is where the Jews made their mark.
Great statement from Gates. Nice to hear from a US politician with actual balls for once. Great response from Kadima, also. Netanyahu must go if we are to move forwards with the peace process.
Woody, you're being specious. Segregation in schools been outlawed in Israel from the birth of the State which considerably pre-dates desegregation in parts of the US.
This school has a predominantly Ethiopian and Russian catchment so it has a predominantly Ethiopian and Russian student body. It is no different from any urban school in the US with a majority black student body.
link to reuters.com
I don't mind when you bring up genuine instances of race bias in Israel, but you've overcooked this one considering the problems your own country has on this issue are far worse.
link to dominionofnewyork.com - Examples of schools with over 85% African American students. Are they segregated?
link to blackamericaweb.com Black students are four times as likely to be suspended as white students.
In 1997 Morgan Freeman offered to spend his own money so that his former high school would have an integrated prom where black and white students could socialize together. It took another 11 years for the school to desegregate the prom. So much for "outlawed in the US in the middle of the last century". link to huffingtonpost.com
I was trying to agree with you, dude. Whatever draconian measures Israel used on the flytilla members should be the bare minimum for these mercenary morons.
In my opinion the flytilla was completely harmless and should have been ignored, but these idiots should still be locked up.
I'm not equating the two groups. I'm saying that if you treat the harmless one badly, you should treat the dangerous one worse.
It’s not when you acquire your awareness…it’s what you do with it once you get it.
And yet there's still that nagging doubt that a politically aware woman such as Annie didn't notice any of the injustices being perpetrated anywhere in the world until Israel was the one perpetrating them.
I think that's worth mentioning and I'd love to hear more from Annie about how she managed to "miss" Apartheid.
link to mondoweiss.net
Omar Barghouti clearly admitted to Phil Weiss that he prefers a one state solution, but that he cannot make that the formal aim of the movement for fear of being branded as the person who killed the 2SS. Nevertheless, according to Phil's own words, Barghouti favours the 1ss.
link to bdsmovement.net
This is a search for the term "war crimes" at the bdsmovement.net site. In a world where the Goldstone report, Amnesty, HRW and others carefully reference Hamas war crimes alongside Israel's war crimes, the BDS movement doesn't have one mention of them. Whitewash.
As for BDS being an umbrella movement for both serious people and racists check out these links:
link to stormfront.org
link to radioislam.org - Great site where you're never more than one click away from proof that the Protocols are real or that the Holocaust was a hoax.
Excellent point, Shmuel. I say these mercenaries should be turned back at the border or put in the same cells as the flytilla participants and then deported.
No Cliff. I'm anti the BDS movement which calls for a one-state solution, whitewashes Hamas war crimes and turns a blind eye to the anti-Semitic elements that use it for cover. I believe boycott can be a useful tool, but it's not a blunt instrument and the BDS movement is simply not sharp enough to wield it correctly.