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Activist: BDS does mean end of the Jewish state

October 19, 2010 10:07

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

A prominent pro-Palestinian campaigner has admitted plainly that purpose of the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement is to hasten the end of a Jewish state in the Middle East and not to find a route to a peaceful resolution of the conflict.

Supporters of a cultural or academic boycott have in the past claimed that the tactic is a way to push for an end to the occupation.

Writing for the Mondoweiss website, Ahmed Moor, a Palestinian-American writer who was born in the Gaza Strip, said: "Ok fine. So BDS does mean the end of the Jewish state."

Mr Moor, who has previously outlined his support of an academic boycott of Israel, made the comment in a piece questioning whether BDS activists should work with liberal Zionists, a group he dismissed as a contradiction in terms.