The Trump Administration Has Said the Right Things about Syria, but Words Are Not Enough
The U.S. must act to restrain Russia, Iran, and al-Qaeda.
January 30, 2018
No amount of economic pressure will make Israelis risk the lives of their children.
The recent decision by the Israeli government to deny entry to the country to representatives of organizations dedicated to boycotting it has sparked a fair amount of controversy. To Haviv Rettig Gur, these measures are a product more of grandstanding by some Israeli politicians than of any real strategy to combat the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement (BDS). Moreover, he writes, BDS is bound to fail because its premise is based on a misunderstanding of what motivates Israelis:
The U.S. must act to restrain Russia, Iran, and al-Qaeda.
And end demonization of the Jewish state.
No amount of economic pressure will make Israelis risk the lives of their children.
The problem of scale.
Efraim Kishon.
The recent decision by the Israeli government to deny entry to the country to representatives of organizations dedicated to boycotting it has sparked a fair amount of controversy. To Haviv Rettig Gur, these measures are a product more of grandstanding by some Israeli politicians than of any real strategy to combat the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement (BDS). Moreover, he writes, BDS is bound to fail because its premise is based on a misunderstanding of what motivates Israelis:
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