Filistin’in Avrupa’dan Yükselen Sesi:BDS Hareketi

Journal of Turkish Studies, 2018

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As the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement passes the eight year point since the 2005 Call, the 54th issue of al-Majdal evaluates its progress and remarks on areas for development, and spotlights current initiatives attempting to build an effective practice of the BDS tactic. The principal challenge for those seeking to wield the tool is connecting BDS to domestic practices of resistance and maintaining a cohesive moral position.

Journal of Asian and African Studies, 1980

In this paper, I assume the persona of a critic of Israel. The reader can judge whether that persona believes Zionism in general is a settler colonial enterprise, or believes that Israel has expanded its settlements on the West Bank, or because the writer is milquetoast and simply supports the Palestinian cause. I can assure the reader of only one thing – the writer is not an anti-Semite, though very critical of Jews and not just Zionists. However, this is not a screed against Israelis or Zionists or Jews. It is a screed against my fellow Arabs and Muslims for their pusillanimous and hypocritical approach to the challenge facing them. My voice is not simply one of discontent or of a dissident against the organized Palestinian and Arab establishment. I come from that establishment. I realize that I am taking on what is literally the weakest link, the soft underbelly of the anti-Israeli movement. But that softness is the real enemy, not Israelis, Zionists or Jews. For it diverts our energies and time into supporting BDS, not simply against Israel, but against Israeli academics who were never even part of the original target of the BDS movement. This is not an irrational screed. I intend to demolish the case for the BDS movement, not because it is not muscular enough, though it is certainly the skinny pasty victim on the beach, but because it is not ethically consistent or coherent. I ask: upon what criteria – moral principles, efficaciousness of the BDS movement, current international political circumstances or my personal values or goals in life – should I support BDS? Does or should it matter whether BDS is succeeding or, alternatively, whether it is badly in need of support? How should the existing strategies and tactics of BDS affect my support? This is not simply an exercise in sophistic rhetoric or an effort in verstehen, an empathetic re-enactment to better understand the BDS supporter from the inside as it were. Rather, this is intended to be an exercise in applied ethics where the support of BDS focused on Israeli academia is considered a possible reasonable moral choice for an effort in political activism. It is a possible choice, but not a reasonable one for any self-respecting Palestinian, Arab, Muslim. I shall try to make clear why BDS is a fraud designed to serve, albeit unintentionally, in strengthening the Zionist program. Hopefully, this analysis will lead to a better understanding of the BDS movement with perhaps some implications for choosing alternative strategies. This paper will consist of three parts and an afterword: 1) A succinct description of BDS and is rhetorical tropes; 2) What BDS- has achieved to date with an analytical critique of its claims for success; 3) A more fundamental moral critique.

Indian Journal of Applied Research, 2014

Bhakti Movement, as a socialist criticism, became a platform for the marginalised sections of shudras and atishudras to protest against social inequalities based on the 'varna' system, authorised by Manusmriti and other vedic scriptures. It belied the term 'bhakti' to not only mean institutionalised religion, but also individual salvation. The sants preached exemplary standards of castelessness and a non-hierarchical life of fellow humanism, spread the message of love and unity, and urged people to shed their slough of rituals and superstitions. Islam also played its role in spreading the message of equality through Sufism. The egalitarian reforms in the Vedic ideology further led to the division of Bhakti Movement into Saguna and Nirguna school, both having its separate set of ideals and practices. The tradition of dissent and protest culminated in the Sant Mat of Kabir and Nanak who spoke not only against the practices of untouchability, but also the social and economic concerns of the farmer and labour classes.

2010

Traubman (2002), over 270 European scientists, including about 10 Israelis signed this letter. http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-news-0033.html 13 One should note that the idea of an academic boycott against Israel first originated at the "World Conference against Racism" in Durban, South Africa in 2001.