UK government tries to smear “boycott Israel” call as anti-Jewish A recent British government report attempts to smear the Palestinian call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions as “anti-Jewish.” The document was published by the Department for Communities and Local Government on 28 December. As many people in Britain were on Christmas holidays at that time, the decision to release the report on a day it would not be widely-noticed is a curious one. The report includes a list of supposed “government action on addressing anti-Semitism.” However, closer examination reveals that the report conflates anti-Semitism with criticism of the State of Israel. It also misrepresents a 2004 call made by various Palestinian organizations for an academic boycott of Israel.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:08:17 +0000
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