Would justice and equal rights for all really destroy Israel? Did equality destroy the American South? Or South Africa? Certainly, it destroyed the discriminatory racial order that had prevailed in both places, but it did not destroy the people or the country. ~Omar Barghouti The answer is clear. On the very day that nonviolence becomes Palestine’s official policy, Israel’s violent occupation policy is over. The current hysteria over boycotts and sanctions testifies to this. ~Avraham Burg -- NEW YORK TIMES - Sunday Review - Op-Ed Contributor Why Israel Fears the Boycott By OMAR BARGHOUTI JAN. 31, 2014 JERUSALEM — IF Secretary of State John Kerry’s attempts to revive talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority fail because of Israel’s continuing construction of illegal settlements, the Israeli government is likely to face an international boycott “on steroids,” as Mr. Kerry warned last August.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 07:20:06 +0000
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