Boycott Israel flyers on the streets of Paris
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Chemi Shalev (Haaretz)
This has happened in recent days: The Dutch water company
Vitens severed its ties with Israeli counterpart Mekorot; Canada’s
largest Protestant church decided to boycott three Israeli companies;
the Romanian government refused to send any more construction workers;
and American Studies Association academics are voting on a measure
to sever links with Israeli universities. Coming so shortly after the Israeli
government effectively succumbed to a boycott of settlements in order to
be eligible for the EU’s Horizon 2020 scientific cooperation agreement,
it is hard to avoid the conclusion that the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions) movement is picking up speed. And the writing on the wall,
if anyone missed it, only got clearer and sharper in the wake of the death
of Nelson Mandela.
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This has happened in recent days: The Dutch water company
Vitens severed its ties with Israeli counterpart Mekorot; Canada’s
largest Protestant church decided to boycott three Israeli companies;
the Romanian government refused to send any more construction workers;
and American Studies Association academics are voting on a measure
to sever links with Israeli universities. Coming so shortly after the Israeli
government effectively succumbed to a boycott of settlements in order to
be eligible for the EU’s Horizon 2020 scientific cooperation agreement,
it is hard to avoid the conclusion that the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions) movement is picking up speed. And the writing on the wall,
if anyone missed it, only got clearer and sharper in the wake of the death
of Nelson Mandela.
Read more
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