tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post2497998739325237428..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: Unite, UK's Second Largest Union, Will #BoycottHP AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37386758251125776562019-07-22T19:29:34.989+01:002019-07-22T19:29:34.989+01:00They qualify - we need look no further than Yemen ...They qualify - we need look no further than Yemen AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-39506371364368797152019-07-22T19:17:52.819+01:002019-07-22T19:17:52.819+01:00Do you think the US and UK qualify as 'terrori...Do you think the US and UK qualify as 'terrorist states' or is it only whom they decree as terrorist states that qualifies? Just wondering.Wolfe tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240967708414139476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-36164663398658082912019-07-22T07:18:18.348+01:002019-07-22T07:18:18.348+01:002/2
It seems beyond dispute that Nazi crimes agai...2/2 <br />It seems beyond dispute that Nazi crimes against humanity and Israeli crimes against humanity are of the same genre. The real problem here is that once the comparison is made it calls into question the credibility of Israeli claims to have been the victim of Nazi atrocities to such an extent that it would never consider carrying out such atrocities itself. Israel wants it atrocities AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-35109643793502396842019-07-22T07:17:52.004+01:002019-07-22T07:17:52.004+01:00Barry – it seems an act of political desperation r...Barry – it seems an act of political desperation rather than a genuinely held position on Corbyn’s part to oppose Nazi-Israeli comparisons when both the Israelis and Nazis have perpetrated crimes against humanity and war crimes, which is where the point of comparison should be. I will continue to draw such comparisons and not feel in the slightest anti-Semitic because of it. Call these things byAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16258483064146543212019-07-22T00:24:27.792+01:002019-07-22T00:24:27.792+01:00Anthony
Some breaking news - Jeremy Corbyn has la...Anthony<br /><br />Some breaking news - Jeremy Corbyn has launched a web page for Labour Party members on how to recognise and oppose antisemitism. It specific ally recognises the Zionism as a movement for Jerwish national self-determination and the legitimacy of the State of Israel while also stating that there are various forms of Zionism. It recognises that most UK Jews identify with Israel Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-46377802676831410012019-07-21T20:57:27.154+01:002019-07-21T20:57:27.154+01:00Barry - moreover, it seems everyone is not entitle...Barry - moreover, it seems everyone is not entitled to their opinion - we have the German lower house declaring BDS anti-Semitic - hardly a moral authority on the matter. The IHRA tries to label people anti-Semitic for seeing comparisons between Israeli crimes against humanity and Nazi crimes against humanity. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-14997119465167367752019-07-21T20:54:49.835+01:002019-07-21T20:54:49.835+01:00Barry - which simply means Israel and South Africa...Barry - which simply means Israel and South Africa practiced Apartheid in different ways. Just as totalitarianism is practiced in different ways by totalitarian states. There is absolutely nothing wrong in wanting a democratic state that does not have a guaranteed majority. The right of return is an impractical demand but that does not negate the validity of the demand for no Jewish state. If AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37197559019861931742019-07-21T20:46:33.629+01:002019-07-21T20:46:33.629+01:00Anthony
Everyone has and is entitled to their opi...Anthony<br /><br />Everyone has and is entitled to their opinions. Their validity rests on evidence and on the Popperian test of falsifiability.<br /><br />There may very well be a widespread view that Israel ia an apartheid state and that view may well be strong in South Africa; it is your opinion that Israel is as bad as the South African apartheid that does mean that it is supported by Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-79282919957058690672019-07-21T07:08:57.737+01:002019-07-21T07:08:57.737+01:00Barry - the problem with citing opinion is that th...Barry - the problem with citing opinion is that there is always a different opinion. <br /><br /><br />In 2017 the Washington Post reports that:<br /><br /><i>If being an apartheid state means committing inhumane acts, systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over another, then Israel is guilty, a United Nations panel has determined in a new report.</i><br /><br />South Africa'AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-53703796488010853052019-07-20T20:42:34.022+01:002019-07-20T20:42:34.022+01:00Anthony
By all means boycott settlement goods and...Anthony<br /><br />By all means boycott settlement goods and Caterpillar products as that company has been involved in the destruction of the homes of Palestinian activists on the West Bank. Keep the focus on the settlements and occupation of the West Bank but please do not boycott ideas, culture and learning.<br /><br />Comparisons between Israel and apartheid South Africa fall down on these Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-79093580436576943822019-07-20T14:26:04.143+01:002019-07-20T14:26:04.143+01:00Unknown - if you post again can you sing off with ...Unknown - if you post again can you sing off with some name that allows you to be distinguished from the next unknown who might comment? Whatever you choose - you can continue to post as Unknown but if you stick some handle on it, it will help.<br /><br />AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6079776429897172172019-07-20T14:12:03.684+01:002019-07-20T14:12:03.684+01:00Small example, went to Cliftonville's last hom...Small example, went to Cliftonville's last home European match,there was a table there with bds activists. Was given a flier explaining that Puma is a sponsor of and manufacters the Israeli state soccer team kit.<br /><br />They politely asked me to boycott Puma and ask cliftonville to stop using them.<br /><br />As I only get occassionaly usually buy a bit of merchandise. The top that was Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03081247318799307730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-53739280481520640142019-07-20T07:41:38.126+01:002019-07-20T07:41:38.126+01:00Barry - True as your claim may well be, regardless...Barry - True as your claim may well be, regardless of its provenance, it hardly detracts from a campaign along the grounds of the international boycott of White South Africa. International solidarity against racist, brutal or apartheid regimes is a worthwhile venture. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-71954236489264577972019-07-19T17:07:22.479+01:002019-07-19T17:07:22.479+01:00What this referecne concerns is the following:
BD...What this referecne concerns is the following:<br /><br />BDS was not conceived or begun in Palestine by the 'oppressed'. It was initiated and invented by British people who wished to boycott Israel. They went to Palestine between 2003 and 2005, and they persuaded Palestinian activists of the usefulnss of BDS as a strategy. They explained that the best way to activate this strategy wasBarry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-35830495554937817142019-07-18T08:57:35.505+01:002019-07-18T08:57:35.505+01:00Sorry I should have referenced as follows:
David ...Sorry I should have referenced as follows:<br /><br />David Hirsch "Contemporary Left Antisemitism" pp.100-01 Routledge 2018Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.com