It is because of a massive world-wide effort by the pro-Palestinian forces to deligitimize the Jewish state of Israel. And why is that? Because at the root of it all, the 300 million strong Arab nations that surround Israel will never accept a Jewish state in the region.
So is it anti-Semitic to criticize Israel? No, not necessarily, but ask yourselves why nobody is calling for BDS against Israel's neighbors, whose human rights violations are atrocious and where little religious liberty exists. Where are the protests against what is happening in Egypt and the persecution of Coptic Christians? What about the horrors in Syria with the Christians being hunted down by the Syrian rebels? Why is nobody protesting the on-going massacres of Christians in NE Nigeria? Why is there no call for BDS against Sudan or Iran?
Why is nobody calling for BDS against Russia? Have you heard the news lately?
The BDS drive is, indeed, anti-Semitic because it was created by anti-Semites in the Middle East who disguise themselves in the cloak of Palestinian human rights to convince gullible westerners that Israel is an apartheid state violating the human rights of Palestinians. They have teamed up with the far left in the West-especially among academic faculty- to literally indoctrinate college students about this issue. The result is that on virtually every UC campus, an atmosphere of intimidation exists whenever these anti-Israel hate fests come around. The administrators of the UC system have failed in their responsibility to provide a safe and friendly environment when it comes to this issue because they themselves are intimidated. As a part-time (Gentile) teacher at UC Irvine, I have witnessed it first-hand for the last 7 years. It is a disgrace.
And Ben Shapiro was 100% correct."
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