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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 11:06 AM Feb 2013

PressTV: BDS takes stance against George Galloway to please its Zionist masters

With BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions), it’s never boring. Although formed initially to mount pressure on Israel, increasingly BDS campaigns are now, bit by bit, focusing on silencing any pro-Palestinian voice with an IQ over 90.

For the BDS leadership, intellect is a threat - and they may be right.

For a year now, we have noted BDS’ repeated assaults on leading activists and intellects such as Ken O’Keefe, Prof. Norman Finkelstein, Alison Weir, Greta Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, yours truly and many others. But this weekend, the BDS found a new potential punch-bag: British MP George Galloway.

On Wednesday, MP Galloway walked out of a debate at Christ Church, Oxford. Galloway was upset to find that he was about to be in debate with an Israeli. "I was misinformed" he said. "I don't debate with Israelis. I don't recognise Israel." Galloway later wrote on Twitter "No recognition, No normalisation. Just Boycott, divestment, sanctions."

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/02/24/290572/bds-against-george-galloway/

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PressTV: BDS takes stance against George Galloway to please its Zionist masters (Original Post) oberliner Feb 2013 OP
The BDS movement is a joke King_David Feb 2013 #1
Well, that's PressTV, after all. They're basically controlled by the Iranian government. LeftishBrit Feb 2013 #2
Ah, Aztmon, Boy Howdy that was weird. bemildred Feb 2013 #3

King_David

(14,851 posts)
1. The BDS movement is a joke
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 11:55 AM
Feb 2013

And so is Atzmon and Galloway ...they just doing ' damage control'.

Their ranks are full of these bigots and as they are exposed 1 by 1 ( and exposed they are ) they are being "disowned "

What a joke .

But please BDS guys.. Continue

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
3. Ah, Aztmon, Boy Howdy that was weird.
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 01:29 PM
Feb 2013

Reminds me or the old Commie power struggles. All these people worried about "their position" and whether it is being represented "accurately", like nobody can see what you do and figure out what you want, like getting into pissing contests with other wannabe bigshots in "the movement" actually serves "the movement".

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